90.320 Examinations -- Certifications -- Preference points -- Eligible list. - Kentucky Statutes

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90.320 Examinations -- Certifications -- Preference points -- Eligible list. (1) The civil service commission shall prescribe and propound such examinations as are proper, commensurate with vacant positions within the various departments of
the city, according to classification prescribed by ordinance, shall set such times and
places for holding examinations as may be proper and shall give public notice of
examinations by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. (2) The civil service commission shall, as soon after examinations as is practicable, certify to the mayor or other appointing authority a list of the applicants so
examined, with the one (1) having the highest average ranked first and all others
ranked numerically according to the result of the examination. (3) Any honorably discharged soldier, sailor, marine, member of the Air Force, or member of any other branch of the military service who was inducted into that
service through voluntary or involuntary enlistment, and who is an applicant for any
municipal civil service position, and a registered voter of that municipality, shall be
entitled to a five percent (5%) increase on his examination score. Any Red Cross
nurse who served during the period of hostilities between the United States and the
Central Powers in World War I and between the United States and Japan and
Germany in World War II, and who is a registered voter of that municipality, shall
be entitled to the same percentages. Such percentages shall be added to examination
scores only if the score is determined by the civil service commission to be a
passing score and after verification of the required service. (4) The civil service commission of cities of the second class shall maintain an eligible list of not less than three (3) for each position to be filled. (5) The appointing authority may designate certain civil service positions and prescribe that for such positions the examinations shall first be given exclusively to current
employees; provided, however, that if less than three (3) employees with a
minimum of two (2) years seniority achieve a passing grade, the examination shall
be held in accordance with subsection (1) of this section. Effective: July 15, 1988
History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 63. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 1. --
Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 9. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 1. -
- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 3235h-3, 3480e-3.