Section 51A. The following words as used in this and the following sections and in the classification and compensation plans shall have the following meanings:—
''Board'', the county personnel board;
''Class'' or ''title'', a group of positions forming part of the classified service established by sections forty-eight to fifty-five, inclusive, and sufficiently similar in respect to duties and responsibilities that the same descriptive title may be used to designate all positions allocated to the class, the same general entrance qualifications may be required of incumbents of positions in the class, the same general tests of fitness may be used to choose qualified employees and the same schedule of pay may be made to apply under the same or substantially the same employment conditions;
''Class allocation'', the official initial placing of a class in a job group in the salary schedule;
''Class reallocation'', the official subsequent placing of a class in a job group in the salary schedule;
''Employee'', employee or officer, unless the latter is otherwise specifically exempted;
''Increment'', the amount of dollars between any two consecutive steps-in-range in the same job group in the salary schedule;
''Job group'', a unit of the salary schedule which includes all classes in the position classification plan which are sufficiently comparable in value as regards duties and responsibilities, irrespective of the field of work of which they form a part, so that the same salary range may be made to apply to all classes in the same unit of the salary schedule;
''Position'', a job which may be held by an individual employee. There may be more than one position in the same class;
''Position allocation'', the initial official placing of a position in a class forming part of the position classification plan;
''Position classification plan'', the plan resulting from position allocations pertaining to the personal services of the counties;
''Position reallocation'', any subsequent official placing of a position in a class forming part of the position classification plan;
''Salary range'', a range of salaries from a specified minimum to a specified maximum amount as applied to a job group;
''Specification'', a description of the characteristic duties and requirements of a single class;
''Step-in-range'' or ''increment step'', one of the divisions of a salary range in a job group at which an employee is compensated.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 35 - County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts and County Finances
Section 1 - Qualifications; Election; Tenure
Section 2 - Assistant Treasurer; Bond; Duties
Section 4 - Salaries; Source of Payment
Section 7 - Commissioners Acting by Appointment; Compensation; Travel Expenses
Section 8 - Traveling Expenses
Section 9 - Wilful Violation of Duty; Penalties
Section 10 - Collection and Disbursement of County Funds; Investment of Funds
Section 10a - Disbursement of Matching Funds for Federally Funded Programs
Section 11 - Payment of Expenses, etc.; Restrictions
Section 14 - Statement of Law Authorizing Payment of Accounts; Liability for Payments; Exceptions
Section 15 - Accounts; Form and Contents
Section 18 - Suffolk and Nantucket Counties; Applicability of Laws
Section 19a - Accumulated Vacation Allowance; Payment Upon Death or Separation From Service
Section 19b - Deceased Officers and Employees; Payment of Salary to Next of Kin; Effect
Section 19c - Deposits in Credit Union; Pension or Retirement Allowances
Section 20 - Prosecution of Suits Upon Bonds, Notes, etc.; Joinder of Treasurer as Party
Section 21 - Delinquency of Officers as to Money Payments; Notification of District Attorney
Section 22 - Disposition of Surplus Money; Deposits; Investments; Interest
Section 22a - Deposit of Funds Restricted
Section 23 - Money Paid Into Courts; Disposition; Interest
Section 23a - Unclaimed Funds; Disposition
Section 24 - Overdue Accounts; Interest Charge
Section 25 - Annual Report; Contents
Section 26 - Annual Report of County Commissioners; Contents
Section 27 - Annual Reports; Publication and Distribution
Section 27a - Treasurer and Custodian of Certain Funds
Section 28 - Estimates of County Receipts and Expenditures; Preparation; Recordation
Section 30 - Taxes; Approval; Computation
Section 31 - Taxes; Apportionment, Assessment and Collection
Section 32a - Contributory Retirement Systems; Anticipated Costs; Recovery of Pension Costs
Section 34 - Expenses and Liabilities Incurred Prior to Appropriations; Limitations; Exceptions
Section 34a - Expenses Incurred Prior to Appropriation; Highway Agreements Excepted
Section 35 - Enforcement of Provisions; Conditions
Section 36 - County Receipts, Cash on Hand and Expenditures; Monthly Account
Section 36a - Emergency Borrowing for Extraordinary Expenditures
Section 37 - Borrowing Funds in Anticipation of Tax Income
Section 37a - Bonds and Notes; Method of Payment; Use of Proceeds; Limitations
Section 37b - Temporary Notes; Refunding; Payment
Section 38 - Sale of Notes or Securities; Bids Required; Exceptions
Section 38a - Bonds Issued Subject to Call and Redemption
Section 38b - Refunding Bonds and Notes; Issuance; Limitations
Section 39a - Forms for Note Issues; Contents, Etc.
Section 39b - Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39c - Bearer Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39d - Payment of Notes; Notice
Section 39e - Certification Fee; Refunds
Section 39f - Effect of Certification
Section 39g - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Validity
Section 39h - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Authorization of Making and Use
Section 40 - Fines; Accounting; Returns
Section 41 - Payments to Treasurers; Sworn Statements
Section 42 - Auditor of Boston; Additional Duty
Section 43 - Exchange of Order Instruments for Bearer Instruments; Penalty for Noncompliance
Section 43a - Surety Bonds of Officers and Employees; Payment of Premiums
Section 47 - Penalty for Noncompliance With Orders
Section 48 - Establishment of Board; Membership; Election; Tenure, Etc.
Section 49 - Classification of Positions; ''salary'' Defined
Section 51 - Personnel Board; Powers and Duties; Discharge of Employees, Etc.
Section 51b - Salary Schedules
Section 52 - Classification and Allocation of Offices and Positions; Review
Section 53 - County Commissioners; Powers and Duties
Section 53a - Director of Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action Plan; Reports
Section 55 - Salaries to Be Full Compensation; Overtime Pay, Etc.
Section 56 - Suffolk County; Applicability of Act; Classification Agencies in Other Counties