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67A.230 Civil service commission -- Membership -- Terms -- Rule-making and enforcement powers. (1) Any urban-county government shall operate under KRS 67A.230 to 67A.350, and, by comprehensive plan or ordinance, create a civil service commission, which shall <br>hold culture-fair, open examinations or evaluations to determine the relative fitness <br>of applicants for municipal employment within the urban-county government that <br>are designated by comprehensive plan or ordinance. The urban-county government <br>shall, by ordinance, create civil service classifications for all employees consistent <br>with the actual work to be performed by such employees. (2) The mayor, or other appointing authority, as determined by the comprehensive plan, subject to the approval of the urban-county government legislative body, shall <br>appoint five (5) persons who shall constitute the civil service commission of that <br>urban-county government. No appointee shall be related by either blood or marriage <br>to the mayor or any member of the urban-county legislative body. The appointees <br>shall originally be appointed, two (2) for a term of two (2) years and three (3) for a <br>term of four (4) years, and the successors to these appointees shall be appointed in <br>like manner, each for a period of four (4) years and until his successor is appointed <br>and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner <br>as original appointments. There shall be chosen by the commission a secretary of <br>the commission. The secretary shall be an employee of the urban-county <br>government who is covered by the provisions of KRS 67A.220 to 67A.310. Each <br>appointee shall qualify by taking an oath of office as required by law. The salaries, <br>if any, of the members of the commission may be fixed by the urban-county <br>government legislative body in accordance with its comprehensive plan. (3) If the appointing authority of any urban-county government fails to appoint a civil service commission within ninety (90) days after he has the power to so appoint or <br>after a vacancy exists, the vice mayor, or the second ranking elected executive <br>officer of the urban-county government, however designated, shall make the <br>appointment and the appointee shall hold office until the expiration of the term and <br>until his successor is appointed and qualified. (4) The civil service commission shall make and enforce culture-fair rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of KRS 67A.220 to 67A.310, or the comprehensive <br>plan or the ordinance of the urban-county government, for examinations and <br>registrations therefor. Effective: June 21, 1974 <br>History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 3, effective June 21, 1974.

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67A.230 Civil service commission -- Membership -- Terms -- Rule-making and enforcement powers. (1) Any urban-county government shall operate under KRS 67A.230 to 67A.350, and, by comprehensive plan or ordinance, create a civil service commission, which shall <br>hold culture-fair, open examinations or evaluations to determine the relative fitness <br>of applicants for municipal employment within the urban-county government that <br>are designated by comprehensive plan or ordinance. The urban-county government <br>shall, by ordinance, create civil service classifications for all employees consistent <br>with the actual work to be performed by such employees. (2) The mayor, or other appointing authority, as determined by the comprehensive plan, subject to the approval of the urban-county government legislative body, shall <br>appoint five (5) persons who shall constitute the civil service commission of that <br>urban-county government. No appointee shall be related by either blood or marriage <br>to the mayor or any member of the urban-county legislative body. The appointees <br>shall originally be appointed, two (2) for a term of two (2) years and three (3) for a <br>term of four (4) years, and the successors to these appointees shall be appointed in <br>like manner, each for a period of four (4) years and until his successor is appointed <br>and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner <br>as original appointments. There shall be chosen by the commission a secretary of <br>the commission. The secretary shall be an employee of the urban-county <br>government who is covered by the provisions of KRS 67A.220 to 67A.310. Each <br>appointee shall qualify by taking an oath of office as required by law. The salaries, <br>if any, of the members of the commission may be fixed by the urban-county <br>government legislative body in accordance with its comprehensive plan. (3) If the appointing authority of any urban-county government fails to appoint a civil service commission within ninety (90) days after he has the power to so appoint or <br>after a vacancy exists, the vice mayor, or the second ranking elected executive <br>officer of the urban-county government, however designated, shall make the <br>appointment and the appointee shall hold office until the expiration of the term and <br>until his successor is appointed and qualified. (4) The civil service commission shall make and enforce culture-fair rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of KRS 67A.220 to 67A.310, or the comprehensive <br>plan or the ordinance of the urban-county government, for examinations and <br>registrations therefor. Effective: June 21, 1974 <br>History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 3, effective June 21, 1974.

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67A.230 Civil service commission -- Membership -- Terms -- Rule-making and enforcement powers. (1) Any urban-county government shall operate under KRS 67A.230 to 67A.350, and, by comprehensive plan or ordinance, create a civil service commission, which shall <br>hold culture-fair, open examinations or evaluations to determine the relative fitness <br>of applicants for municipal employment within the urban-county government that <br>are designated by comprehensive plan or ordinance. The urban-county government <br>shall, by ordinance, create civil service classifications for all employees consistent <br>with the actual work to be performed by such employees. (2) The mayor, or other appointing authority, as determined by the comprehensive plan, subject to the approval of the urban-county government legislative body, shall <br>appoint five (5) persons who shall constitute the civil service commission of that <br>urban-county government. No appointee shall be related by either blood or marriage <br>to the mayor or any member of the urban-county legislative body. The appointees <br>shall originally be appointed, two (2) for a term of two (2) years and three (3) for a <br>term of four (4) years, and the successors to these appointees shall be appointed in <br>like manner, each for a period of four (4) years and until his successor is appointed <br>and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner <br>as original appointments. There shall be chosen by the commission a secretary of <br>the commission. The secretary shall be an employee of the urban-county <br>government who is covered by the provisions of KRS 67A.220 to 67A.310. Each <br>appointee shall qualify by taking an oath of office as required by law. The salaries, <br>if any, of the members of the commission may be fixed by the urban-county <br>government legislative body in accordance with its comprehensive plan. (3) If the appointing authority of any urban-county government fails to appoint a civil service commission within ninety (90) days after he has the power to so appoint or <br>after a vacancy exists, the vice mayor, or the second ranking elected executive <br>officer of the urban-county government, however designated, shall make the <br>appointment and the appointee shall hold office until the expiration of the term and <br>until his successor is appointed and qualified. (4) The civil service commission shall make and enforce culture-fair rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of KRS 67A.220 to 67A.310, or the comprehensive <br>plan or the ordinance of the urban-county government, for examinations and <br>registrations therefor. Effective: June 21, 1974 <br>History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 3, effective June 21, 1974.