<br><br>67A.200 Merit or civil service system -- Protection of employees' prior rights -- <br>Exemption. <br>(1) Whenever the comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to KRS Chapter 67A requires <br>the implementation of a merit or civil service system for the employees of an urban-<br>county government, such system shall be implemented by the urban-county <br>government so as to guarantee the substantive and procedural rights possessed by <br>any employee of a government in existence within the boundaries of the urban-<br>county prior to the effective date of merger. <br>(2) During the time a merit or civil service system is being implemented, pursuant to <br>the requirements of a comprehensive plan, all procedural and substantive rights <br>possessed by any employee of a government in existence within the boundaries of <br>the urban-county prior to the effective date of merger shall be protected. <br>(3) Any urban-county government created after December 31, 1987, shall be exempt <br>from the provisions of KRS 67A.210 to 67A.350. <br>Effective: July 15, 1988 <br>History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created <br>1974 Ky. Acts ch. 199, sec. 1. <br><br>