Chap. 896.   An Act relative  to  promotions under the  civil service law in the division of employment security. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 15 of chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph B, as most recently amended by section 3 of chapter 652 of the acts of 1968, the following paragraph: —•
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph B, all promotions in the official service of the division of employment security in the department of labor and industries shall be in accordance with paragraph A, or after a departmental examination open to permanent employees in the division (1) who have been employed therein, after certification, whether in a permanent or temporary status, for at least one year preceding the date of examination in a position determined by the director to be directly qualifying for the position for which the examination is held, or (2) who meet such experience or education and training requirements as shall be determined by the director to be qualifying for the position for which the examination is held. Such experience, education or training may have been acquired within or without the division, and shall be creditable only upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the director that such experience or training was of the length, type and quality determined by the director to be appropriate for the classification; provided, that no such promotional examination shall be open to any employee of the division who has not been employed therein, after certification and in a permanent status, for at least one year next preceding the date of examination, or to any employee who has permanent status, after certification, in a grade higher than that of the position for which the examination is held.
Approved August 29, 1969.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Department, State House, Boston, August 29, 1969.
The Honorable John F. X. Davoeen, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State House,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Francis W. Sargent, pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVTII of the Amendments to the Constitution,
954                    Acts, 1969. —