SECTION 1. Decentralized personnel system; accepted merit principles

SECTION 2. Definitions

SECTION 3. Acceptance by municipality of local option; adoption of personnel ordinance; application of chapter thirty-one

SECTION 4. Provisions of personnel ordinance

SECTION 5. Submission of proposed ordinance to administrator; rescission of chapter thirty-one provisions; form of ballot

SECTION 6. Personnel director; time of appointment; authority

SECTION 7. Local merit appeals board; members; duties; hearing appeals

SECTION 8. Appeals; options; conditions; collective bargaining agreements

SECTION 9. Personnel administration department; performance and special audits; reports; appeal; compliance

SECTION 10. Certified employee organizations; right to bargain; issues not subject to collective bargaining

SECTION 11. Revocation of acceptance