HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1964        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1327

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

F. Jay Barrows and James E. Timilty

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act authorizing the appointing authority of the town of Mansfield to appoint police cadets under certain circumstances to the police department of said town.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1964        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1327

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4376 OF 2015-2016.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act authorizing the appointing authority of the town of Mansfield to appoint police cadets under certain circumstances to the police department of said town.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the appointing authority of the town of Mansfield to appoint police cadets under certain circumstances to the Police Department of said town, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety.
 

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. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, any person who has completed not less than two years of service as a police cadet in the police department of the town of MANSFIELD under the provisions of section twenty-one A of chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the General Laws may, subject to a program established by the appointing authority of said town be appointed to fill a vacancy in a position in the lowest grade in the police force of said town, without certification from an eligible list prepared under the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws; such program shall include provisions for recruitment of applicants for appointment as police cadets in said town and for appointment from an eligible list prepared after a competitive examination administered under the supervision of the appointing authority of the town.

SECTION 2. Not more than thirty-three and one-third per cent of the total number of appointments to the regular police force of the town of MANSFIELD in any calendar year shall be made under the provisions of this act. The appointing authority of said town shall report in writing to the personnel administrator in said division of personnel administration any appointment made under the provisions of this act.

SECTION 3. the appointing authority of the police department of the town of MANSFIELD shall institute appropriate recruitment procedures for such police cadet force in order to effectuate the purposes and, to the extent practicable, shall be consistent with the provisions of section twenty-six of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and consistent with basic merit principles and which realize the purposes of this paragraph.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its passage

SPONSOR: Board of Selectmen