Chapter 31 - CIVIL SERVICE

Section 31:1 - Definitions
Section 31:2 - Powers and duties of civil service commission
Section 31:3 - Rules
Section 31:4 - New or amended rules; hearings; publication
Section 31:5 - Powers and duties of administrator
Section 31:6 - Appointments; requisitions
Section 31:6A - Performance evaluation system; implementation; provisions
Section 31:6B - Weight of performance evaluation in promotions; determination; review
Section 31:6C - Employee disagreement with evaluation; appeal
Section 31:7 - Promotional appointments in official service
Section 31:8 - Promotional appointments in official service within same departmental unit
Section 31:9 - Departmental promotional examinations
Section 31:10 - Alternate departmental promotional examinations
Section 31:11 - Competitive promotional examinations
Section 31:12 - Provisional appointments
Section 31:13 - Provisional appointments; notice; filing
Section 31:14 - Provisional appointments; authorization; reports; length of service; termination
Section 31:15 - Provisional promotions
Section 31:16 - Scope of examinations; marks; appointments based solely on training and experience
Section 31:17 - Persons with bachelor's degrees; examination; eligible list; certification
Section 31:18 - Notice of examinations for original appointments; posting
Section 31:19 - Notice of examination for promotional appointments; posting
Section 31:20 - Applications for examination or registration; fees; requests for information
Section 31:21 - Educational and physical requirements; eligibility based on sex
Section 31:22 - Passing requirements of examinations; credit for training or experience; requests for review
Section 31:23 - Review of examination papers; errors
Section 31:24 - Appeals; petitions
Section 31:25 - Eligible lists; certification; refusal to accept employment
Section 31:26 - Order of persons on eligible lists; veteran's preference; disabled veterans; fire and police service
Section 31:27 - Appointment or promotion; manner of selection
Section 31:28 - Labor service applicants; eligibility; age limit; veteran's preference
Section 31:28A - Appointment of apprentice lineman; age restrictions
Section 31:29 - Labor service appointments; promotional bulletins
Section 31:30 - Promotional appointments from labor service to official service
Section 31:31 - Emergency appointments; renewal
Section 31:32 - Emergency appointments to laborer positions; renewal
Section 31:33 - Seniority; computing length of service
Section 31:34 - Probationary periods
Section 31:35 - Transfers
Section 31:36 - Transfers from official service to labor service positions
Section 31:37 - Leaves of absence
Section 31:38 - Unauthorized leaves of absence; reports; separation from employment; review
Section 31:39 - Separation from employment; lack of work or money; abolition of position; disability
Section 31:39A - Classification as conditional employee
Section 31:40 - Reemployment list
Section 31:41 - Discharge; removal; suspension; transfer; abolition of office, reduction of rank or pay; hearings; review
Section 31:41A - Discharge, removal or suspension; hearing before disinterested hearing officer; review
Section 31:42 - Complaints; hearings; jurisdiction; filing of civil action
Section 31:43 - Hearings before commission
Section 31:44 - Judicial review
Section 31:45 - Reimbursement for defense expenses
Section 31:46 - Reinstatement; hearings
Section 31:47 - Blind persons; examinations; temporary appointment of persons with an intellectual disability
Section 31:47A - Disadvantaged persons; certified work-training programs; examination; eligible lists; appointment
Section 31:48 - Civil service offices and positions; exemptions
Section 31:48A - Career management service program; designation of positions; selection of persons; annual listing; performance appraisal system
Section 31:49 - Students in temporary position appropriate to academic interest; appointments to certain state positions subject to or exempt from civil service law; confidential employees
Section 31:50 - Persons ineligible for civil service
Section 31:51 - Cities; civil service offices and positions
Section 31:52 - Towns; civil service offices and positions
Section 31:53 - Application of chapter to municipalities; school districts; elections
Section 31:54 - Petitions; number of signatures; filing
Section 31:55 - Signatures to petitions; certification; objections
Section 31:56 - Incumbents; status; seniority; transfer of school employees
Section 31:57 - Permanent positions in city labor service; removal of intermittent junior building custodians; certification of inspector of wires
Section 31:58 - Municipal police officers and firefighters; qualification
Section 31:58A - Municipal police officers and firefighters; maximum age restrictions
Section 31:59 - Municipal police officers and fire fighters; examinations; appointments and promotions
Section 31:60 - Intermittent or reserve police or fire forces; appointments to regular force
Section 31:60A - Intermittent or reserve police or fire force members; effect of refusals to accept employment on permanent basis in regular police or fire force
Section 31:61 - Municipal police officers or fire fighters; probationary periods; evaluation
Section 31:61A - Police officer and firefighter health and physical fitness standards
Section 31:61B - Wellness program for police officers and firefighters
Section 31:62 - Punishment duty; police officers or fire fighters
Section 31:62A - Punishment duty; police officers or firefighters employed by cities or towns
Section 31:63 - Paraplegic persons; municipal police or fire departments; appointments
Section 31:64 - Massachusetts bay transportation authority police; qualifications
Section 31:65 - Massachusetts bay transportation authority police; appointments and promotions; probationary periods; evaluation
Section 31:66 - Labor service positions in highway division; certification; promotions; districts
Section 31:67 - Annual list of civil service employees; posting; enforcement; penalties
Section 31:68 - Reports of appointment, promotion, demotion, leaves of absence, etc
Section 31:69 - Reports of appointment or employment by appointing authority upon request; enforcement; penalties
Section 31:70 - Records; examination papers; inspection; destruction
Section 31:71 - Rosters of positions; filing; use; penalties
Section 31:72 - Investigations; subpoenas; summoning witnesses, etc
Section 31:73 - Violations; notice; writs of mandamus
Section 31:74 - Prohibited activities; penalties
Section 31:75 - Rights of municipal employees
Section 31:76 - Positions subject to federal merit system standards; minimum qualifications
Section 31:77 - Enforcement of laws and rules