90.180 Appointments to positions in classified service -- Probationary appointments. - Kentucky Statutes

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90.180 Appointments to positions in classified service -- Probationary appointments. (1) All appointments to positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be determined by
competitive examinations, except in the case of emergency appointments which
may be made only in accordance with the definition given in KRS 90.110; provided
that all original appointments, except emergency appointments as defined in KRS
90.110, shall be probationary appointments for a period of not less than six (6), nor
more than twelve (12), months, after which probationary period regular
appointments shall be given to all probationary employees who are deemed to be
satisfactory by the respective appointing authority. (2) Except in the case of emergency appointments as defined in KRS 90.110, all appointments to positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 shall
be made by appointing authorities only from an eligible list certified by the
personnel director as qualified and eligible for appointment from an appropriate
eligible list as defined in KRS 90.110; provided however, that all employees
holding positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 on the effective
date thereof who were holding positions in classified service under provision of
previous acts, shall be considered as having satisfied hereunder all of the
qualifications for obtaining and holding such appointments as they then had, and
further provided that all employees holding positions subject to the provisions of
KRS 90.110 to 90.230, on the effective date thereof, and who were not holding
positions in classified service under provisions of previous acts, shall be considered
as having satisfied hereunder all of the qualifications for obtaining and holding
original appointments under KRS 90.110 to 90.230, and shall be considered as
having been given probationary appointments, as defined in KRS 90.110, as of the
effective date thereof. History: Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 5.