Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
The fifth paragraph of section 33 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, as
appearing in the 1986 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out
the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
two sentences:- Regardless of actual length of service, permanent municipal
employees appointed on less than a full-time basis shall, for the purposes
of determining seniority, rank below all full-time permanent municipal
employees. Permanent state employees appointed on less than a full-time
basis shall accrue that portion of the seniority of full-time permanent
state employees that their service bears to full-time service.