HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 934        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2540

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kenneth I. Gordon

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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 relative to civil service resident preference.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/10/2023

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/25/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/25/2023

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/25/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 934        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2540

By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2540) of Kenneth I. Gordon and others relative to a civil service resident preference for certain municipal police officers and firefighters.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2663 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to civil service resident preference.

 

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 58 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the third paragraph, the following new sentence:-

By a vote of the legislative body, a city or town shall consider an applicant as having resided in that city or town for one year immediately prior to the date of the examination, if the applicant so chooses if they have obtained a high school diploma from a school in that city or town or resided in that city or town when they received their high school diploma.