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78.425 Personnel included in merit system.
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(2)
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(4)
All police officers of whatever rank and title, and all employees, except civilian
employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, of every county
police force affected by KRS 78.400 to 78.460 and 78.990 are covered by the
provisions hereof, except probationary officers and employees. All covered
officers and employees of every county police force on active duty or service
as of the effective date of an order of the fiscal court of the county creating a
county police merit system and board, shall be deemed fit and qualified to
continue their respective duties of employment on or for their respective county
police force without examination or further qualification, except and unless the
chief of police of any county police force shall, within sixty (60) days after the
establishment of the board, certify to the board that any officer or employee is
physically unfit to continue his or her duties.
If a merit system is established which covers a county fire department, the
provisions of subsection (1) shall apply to the county fire department as they
apply to the county police force.
All personnel covered by the provisions (a) of KRS 78.400 to 78.460, or (b)
KRS 67.323, 67.325 and this section, or both, except probationary officers and
employees, shall be deemed to be permanent employees subject to their ability
to satisfactorily perform their respective duties and further subject to their good
behavior.
Probationary officers and employees shall not be included in the merit system
until they satisfactorily complete their initial probationary periods established by
the governing merit board. Officers and employees serving promotional
probationary periods, however, shall not be deemed excluded from the merit
system during the promotional probationary periods.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 319, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended
1966 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 3. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 280, sec. 3. -Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 3(1), (2).
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