HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5158

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 30, 2024.

The committee on Public Service, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4232) of Kenneth I. Gordon (by vote of the town) that all positions within the government of the town of Bedford subject to the civil service law be exempt from any provisions pertaining to age limits, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 5158) ought to pass [Local Approval Received].

For the committee,

KENNETH I. GORDON.

        FILED ON: 12/26/2024

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5158

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 the maximum age requirement for firefighters for the town of Bedford.

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 sections 58 and 58A of chapter 31

of the General Laws or of any general or special law to the contrary, all positions

within the government of the Town of Bedford subject to the Civil Service Law,

G.L. c. 31, shall be exempt from any provisions therein or hereafter amended

pertaining to age limits for original appointments.

SECTION 2. Section 1 shall not impair the Civil Service status of any person

employed by the Town of Bedford on the effective date of this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.