PRINTER'S NO. 2065
No. 1661 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MELTON AND BARBER, NOVEMBER 11, 1971
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 29, 1971
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 31, 1933 (P.L.1108), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act providing for the appointment, promotion,
3 reduction, removal and reinstatement of paid officers,
4 firemen and employes of fire departments and of fire alarm
5 operators and fire box inspectors in the bureaus of
6 electricity in cities of the third class; defining the powers
7 and duties of civil service commissions for such purposes;
8 and fixing penalties," reducing certain age requirements.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 9, act of May 31, 1933 (P.L.1108),
12 entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the appointment,
13 promotion, reduction, removal and reinstatement of paid
14 officers, firemen and employes of fire departments and of fire
15 alarm operators and fire box inspectors in the bureaus of
16 electricity in cities of the third class; defining the powers
17 and duties of civil service commissions for such purposes; and
18 fixing penalties," amended March 31, 1937 (P.L.190), is amended
19 to read:
20 Section 9. All applicants for any position in the fire
21 department and as fire alarm operators and fire box inspectors
1 in the bureau of electricity shall undergo a physical
2 examination, which shall be conducted under the supervision of
3 the physician member of the civil service commission, or if
4 there be none, then by a physician appointed by the civil
5 service commission. Said examiner shall certify that an
6 applicant is free from any bodily or mental defects, deformity
7 or diseases that might incapacitate him from the performance of
8 the duties of the position desired before said applicant shall
9 be permitted to take further examinations. No application will
10 be received if the person applying is less than [twenty-one]
11 eighteen years of age or more than thirty-five years of age at
12 the date of his application: Provided, however, That in event
13 any applicant has formerly served in the fire department or as a
14 fire alarm operator or fire box inspector in the bureau of
15 electricity of the city to which he makes application for a
16 period of more than six months, and no charges of misconduct or
17 other misfeasance were made against such applicant within a
18 period of two years next preceding the date of his application,
19 and is a resident of the city, then such person shall be
20 eligible for reinstatement, in the discretion of the civil
21 service commission, even though such applicant shall be over the
22 age of thirty-five years. Such applicant, providing his former
23 term of service so justifies, may be reappointed to the fire
24 department or as a fire alarm operator or fire box inspector in
25 the bureau of electricity without examination, other than a
26 physical examination. If such person is reinstated, he shall be
27 the lowest in rank in the department next above the probationers
28 of the department.
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