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18A.120 Basis for hiring for classified service -- Exception -- Credit for sick
leave.
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Except as hereinafter provided, all hiring for the classified service shall be on
the basis of competitive examinations and certification by the cabinet in
accordance with the provisions of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200.
As of February 29, 1976, when an entity and its employees, either initially or
subsequently, is brought into the state service, all employees of that entity
required to be covered under the classified service shall be required to meet
the minimum qualifications for the positions to which they are assigned and to
satisfactorily complete a probationary period, except that in the discretion of the
secretary they shall not be required to take an examination. The secretary shall
equitably assign such employees within the salary range of an appropriate pay
grade. Upon the recommendation of the appointing authority, the secretary
may authorize the credit of the amount of sick leave the employee had prior to
being brought into state service. After completion of the initial probationary
period employees employed under this statute shall be credited with the
amount of service they had with this previous entity for accumulation of annual
leave and other purposes of this chapter.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 31, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 247, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Repealed,
reenacted, and amended as KRS 18A.120, 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 24,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 86. sec. 8, effective
March 29, 1976. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 16. -- Amended 1966
Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 283. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 12.
2014-2016 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2014 Ky. Acts
ch. 117, Pt. I, C, 2, (2) at 628.
2014-2016 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2014 Ky. Acts
ch. 117, Pt. I, D, 10, (1) at 636.
Formerly codified as KRS 18.250.
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