SENATE DOCKET, NO. 945        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1626

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the personnel advisory committee..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1.  Section 8 of Chapter 211B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fifth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

“An officer or employee whose appointment is subject to the provisions of this section may be removed for cause by the appointing authority.  The committee shall also advise the chief justice of administration and management in the establishment of salaries and pay scales of all court personnel unless otherwise provided by statute.”