2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .330   Qualifications of applicants.

90.330 Qualifications of applicants. (1) The civil service commission shall examine all applicants as to their physical and mental qualification for the particular classification wherein they seek employment. To be eligible for examination a person must not be less than eighteen (18) nor have passed his or her forty-sixth birthday, a law-abiding citizen of sobriety and integrity, and must be able to read and write and understand the English language; provided, however, that any present employee who is over forty-five (45) years of age and who is otherwise qualified shall be eligible to take any promotional examinations. (2) Except for those members whose qualifications are determined under KRS 95.440, no person shall be appointed to a position under civil service until that person is a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (3) Any city legislative body that operates under this chapter may by ordinance require persons appointed to civil service positions to be a resident of the county in which the city is located. Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 313, sec. 1. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 1. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 2. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 1. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 3. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3235h-6, 3480e-6.