SECTIONS 12131-12134 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 12131-12134

12131. The incumbents of permanent positions who have held such
positions for a period of at least six months continuously next
preceding the time that a civil service system is first adopted shall
be continued in their positions as if appointed thereto after
examination and certification from a list of eligibles, and shall be
governed thereafter by this division and the rules and regulations
adopted pursuant thereto but shall not be subject to the six months'
probation period.

12132. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a
publicly or privately owned public utility, whether by proceedings in
eminent domain or otherwise, any or all of the officers or employees
of such public utility whose duties pertained to the facilities
acquired may be appointed to positions in the district's civil
service system without examination and certification from a list of
eligibles and shall be governed thereafter by this division and the
rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto but shall not be
subject to the six months' probation period.

12133. If a civil service system is adopted for a district during
the period of a leave of absence granted under Section 395.4 of the
Military and Veterans Code or similar legislation, the officer or
employee shall, on the termination of his leave of absence, be
restored to a position in the district's civil service system wherein
he shall have the same or equivalent status as of the last working
day before his leave of absence began. The officer or employee shall
hold that position as if appointed thereto after examination and
certification from a list of eligibles, and shall be governed
thereafter by the rules and regulations of the civil service system,
except that if such officer or employee had held a permanent position
with the district for a period of six months continuously next
preceding the beginning of his leave of absence, he shall not be
subject to the six months' probation period.

12134. Whenever a district acquires existing facilities from a
public utility, whether by proceedings in eminent domain or
otherwise, any officer or employee of the public utility who left a
permanent position with such utility pertaining principally to the
facilities acquired in order to perform training and service under
the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 shall be entitled to
be appointed to a position with permanent status in the district's
civil service under the same conditions as would have governed his
right to reinstatement with the public utility under Section 8 (b) of
that act if the district had not acquired those facilities.
No civil service status acquired by other officers or employees of
the district shall prevent their removal by layoff or transfer from
positions to which reinstatement is provided for in this section.