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ACTS, 1969.—CHAPS. 11, 12.
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 9 of chapter 39 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence: — If the day set for a town meeting by
by-law or otherwise falls on a legal holiday, such meeting shall be held
on the day following
Approved Febiuary 6, 1969.
Chap. 11.
A N ACT REPEALING THE LAW AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY TO SELL BONDS IN
THE POSTWAR REHABILITATION FUND AND TO USE THE
PROCEEDS TO INSTALL AN ELEVATOR IN THE FRANKLIN
COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter seventy-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-seven
is hereby repealed.
Approved February 6, 1969.
Chap. 12.
A N A C T PROVIDING F O R T H E ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINT E N A N C E O F CLASSIFICATION PLANS F O R POSITIONS S U B J E C T TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW IN CITIES AND TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2A of chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out paragraph (b), as most recently amended by
section 1 of chapter 295 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph. —
(b) Establish, with the approval of the commission, classification
plans for positions m every city and town which are subject to any provision of this chapter. Upon the establishment of such classification
plan the director shall forthwith make such plan effective. He shall
keep said classification plan current, and, with like approval, may from
time to time amend or change said classification plan.
SECTION 2. Section 108A of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by chapter 87 of the acts of 1960, is hereby further
amended by adding the following paragraph: —
In any city or town for which a classification plan has been established
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of section two A of
said chapter thirty-one, the city or town affected thereby shall, within
one year after receiving notice from the director of the effective date of
such classification plan or of said amendment or change, establish,
amend or change a compensation plan, as the case may be, with a minimum and maximum salary, in accordance with the class and grade, for
each position. No rule or regulation or change in rules or regulations
shall be promulgated as a part of any such compensation plan except
after a public hearing held not less than two weeks nor more than two
months after notice thereof shall have been posted in a conspicuous
place in the city or town hall and in at least five other convenient and
conspicuous places and shall also have been published on one or more
days in one or more newspapers having a circulation in the city or town.
ACTS, 1969.—CHAPS. 13, 14, 15.
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Every notice posted shall contain, or have subjoined or annexed thereto,
a copy of the proposed rule or regulation. If such rule or regulation or
change therein is to be adopted by vote of the town or by by-law, the
publication of the proposed rule, regulation or change in the warrant
for the town meeting shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this
paragraph.
Approved February 6, 1969.
Chap. 13.
A N ACT PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL
HAVE THEIR HEIGHT PRINTED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE
THEREON
Be it enacted, etc , as follows:
Section 19 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after the third sentence, inserted by chapter 221 of the acts
of 1968, the following sentence: — No motor vehicle registered under
the provisions of this chapter which has a total height exceeding ten
feet, excluding the height of any load thereon, shall be operated on any
way unless such total height is painted or printed in letters and numerals
at least four inches high in a conspicuous place upon the side or front of
such vehicle.
Approved February 11,1969
Chap. 14.
A N ACT CLARIFYING THE LAW RELATIVE TO CERTAIN
POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 123 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out
section 42, as amended by section 5 of chapter 735 of the acts of 1966,
and inserting in place thereof the following section: —
Section 12. Stationary engineers, steam firemen, school teachers
and head farmers employed in the department and, except as otherwise
provided by the civil service rules, the classified labor service of the
department shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one; provided, however, that whenever, as a condition of receiving federal grants for programs and activities to which the federal standards for a merit system
of personnel administration relate, federal requirements make necessary
the application of the civil service law and rules to any such position, or
to the classified labor service or any portion thereof, said positions or
service shall be subject to chapter thirty-one; provided, further, such
federal requirements are uniform in all states
Approved February 18, 1969.
Chap. 15.
A N ACT PROVIDING FOR THE HEARING OF APPEALS BY LESS
THAN A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat
its purpose, which is to make permanent the provisions of law authorizing certain appeals to be heard by less than a majority of the civil service