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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the personnel administrator shall certify any active employee, who has served in a civil service position in the city of Worcester as a provisional employee or under a provisional promotion for at least 6 months prior to June 1, 2025, to permanent civil service status in that position. SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all civilian employee positions of the city of Worcester, including in the school department, shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws, subject to section 3. SECTION 3. Nothing in this act shall impair the civil service status of a tenured employee holding a civil service position in the city of Worcester as of the effective date of this act. SECTION 4. This act shall not apply to police officers and firefighters of the city of Worcester. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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