SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 31 of the General Laws, a person who has completed not less than 2 years of service as a police cadet on the police department of the city of Everett pursuant to section 21A of chapter 147 of the General Laws may, subject to a program established by the appointing authority of the city, and approved by the personnel administrator and the Municipal Police Training Committee, be appointed to fill a vacancy on a position in the lowest grade in the police department of the city without certification from an eligible list prepared pursuant to said chapter 31; provided, however, that such person is either on a police entrance eligible list prepared under said chapter 31 or passes a police entrance examination to be given by the personnel administrator for civil service. Such program shall include provisions for appointment as police cadets in said city and an eligible list prepared after a competitive examination under the supervision of the Chief of Police of said city. Appointments from this list may, in the discretion of the appointing authority, be made on a selective basis for the purposes of affirmative action in the employment of females and minorities as police cadets.  

SECTION 2. If any federal or state, administrative or court order requires the listing of candidates on separate groups, each group to be listed according to the law of the commonwealth, then this act shall be subject to such listing.

SECTION 3. Not more than 33 1/3 per cent of the total appointments to the regular police force of the city of Everett in any calendar year shall be made pursuant to this act. The appointing authority of the city shall report in writing any appointment made pursuant to this act to the personnel administrator in the Human Resources Division.

SECTION 4. The provisions of section 61 of chapter 31 of the General Law shall apply to appointments made under this act.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.