PRINTER'S NO. 868
No. 802 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY WILSON, DAVIES AND KOLTER, MARCH 20, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 20, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for certain
21 employment standards in the Department of Transportation and
22 initiation of a productivity program.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26 as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended by adding a
27 section to read:
28 Section 2013. Departmental Employment Standards.--(a) The
1 Civil Service Commission, with the assistance of the Department
2 of Transportation, shall establish appropriate occupational
3 experience and competency requirements or appropriate
4 educational experience requirements in lieu of occupational
5 experience requirements for each employment position and each
6 employment position hereafter created in the department which is
7 not subject to the provisions of the act of August 5, 1941
8 (P.L.752, No.286), known as the "Civil Service Act."
9 (b) The commission shall submit the employment requirements
10 and examination standards established under this section to the
11 Executive Board for final approval within nine (9) months after
12 this act takes effect or sixty (60) days after an employment
13 position is created whichever is applicable.
14 (c) The Executive Board shall resolve any dispute between
15 the department and the Civil Service Commission with respect to
16 appropriate examination standards, occupational experience
17 requirements and educational experience requirements.
18 (d) The department shall submit a final report to the
19 General Assembly within fifteen (15) months after this
20 amendatory act takes effect, which report shall set forth in
21 detail the manner in which this section has been implemented.
22 (e) (1) The Civil Service Commission shall administer a
23 written employment examination qualification standards
24 established by the commission and approved by the Executive
25 Board, and where appropriate, mechanical and occupational
26 aptitude employment qualification examination shall be a
27 condition for retaining or obtaining any employment position
28 existing or hereinafter created in the department subject to the
29 provisions of this act.
30 (2) The Department of Transportation shall make available
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1 necessary equipment for mechanical or occupational aptitude
2 testing. The Civil Service Commission may employ consultants,
3 temporary personnel, and recognized, qualified testing services
4 with experience in devising and administering mechanical and
5 occupational aptitude examinations.
6 (f) In addition to employment positions covered under civil
7 service or required to be covered under civil service by Federal
8 law, rule or regulation, the positions which may only be filled
9 by a person who has been confirmed by the Senate shall be
10 excluded from the provisions of this section.
11 (g) All personnel in the Department of Transportation on the
12 effective date of this act who are not in the "classified
13 service," but who are included under the provisions of this
14 amendatory act shall, except as hereinafter provided, serve a
15 maximum probationary period of no more than one hundred twenty
16 (120) days, beginning one (1) year after the effective date of
17 this act. County maintenance superintendents and assistant
18 county maintenance superintendents employed by the department on
19 the effective date of this act shall be ineligible to hold a
20 position in the department until qualified under the
21 requirements established herein beginning one (1) year after the
22 effective date of this act.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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