95.442 Authorization for civil service commission in city with population of 8,000 or more -- Rights of employee accepting management position.

KY Rev Stat § 95.442 (2019) (N/A)
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95.442 Authorization for civil service commission in city with population of 8,000 or more -- Rights of employee accepting management position. Any city with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, may elect to operate under KRS 90.310 to 90.410, and, by ordinance, create a civil service commission. Any classified employee in the police or fire department who accepts an appointment and qualifies as chief of police, assistant chief of police, chief of firefighters, or assistant chief of firefighters shall be deemed to have received a leave of absence from the classified service for, and during the incumbency of, any of those respective positions. If an individual should cease to serve in any of those positions, there shall be restored to him or her the same classification and rank which he or she held prior to his or her appointment. Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 110, effective January 1, 2015. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 359, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.