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18A.010
General purpose of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 -- Total number of
employees limited.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
The general purpose of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 is to establish for the state a
system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods
governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, lay-off,
removal, discipline, and welfare of its classified employees and other incidents of
state employment. All appointments and promotions to positions in the state
classified service shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be
ascertained by competitive examination, except as hereinafter specified. The
General Assembly finds that this chapter is necessary in order to improve the
morale and motivation of state employees and to gain the maximum utilization of
human resources in order to provide better service to the citizens of this
Commonwealth.
The total number of permanent full-time personnel employed in agencies of the
executive branch shall not exceed thirty-three thousand (33,000).
The provisions of subsection (2) of this section do not apply to teachers, career
guidance coaches and counselors, or school administrators employed in stateoperated area technology centers, or employees of the General Assembly, the
Legislative Research Commission, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance
Authority, the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, or the Court
of Justice.
As used in this section, "career guidance coach" has the same meaning as in KRS
158.810.
Effective: April 19, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 8, effective April 19, 2012. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Repealed, reenacted, and
amended as KRS 18A.010, 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982 and
created in part ch. 381, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created in part 1960 Ky.
Acts ch. 63, sec. 1.
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.
2014-2016 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2014 Ky. Acts ch.
117, Pt. I, G, 1, (3) at 641.
Formerly codified as KRS 18.120.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/19/2012). 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 10,
provides that the Act, which included an amendment to this statute, shall be known as
the "Career Pathways Act of 2012."
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