PRINTER'S NO. 287
No. 264 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY GLEASON, USTYNOSKI, WILSON, WRIGHT, DININNI,
FISHER, D. S. HAYES AND KLINGAMAN, FEBRUARY 4, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 4, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286), entitled
2 "An act regulating and improving the civil service of certain
3 departments and agencies of the Commonwealth; vesting in the
4 State Civil Service Commission and a Personnel Director
5 certain powers and duties; providing for classification of
6 positions, adoption of compensation schedules and
7 certification of payrolls; imposing duties upon certain
8 officers and employes of the Commonwealth; authorizing
9 service to other State departments or agencies and political
10 subdivisions of the Commonwealth in matters relating to civil
11 service; defining certain crimes and misdemeanors; imposing
12 penalties; making certain appropriations, and repealing
13 certain acts and parts thereof," further providing for the
14 inclusion into the classified service of certain positions
15 and requiring tests for certain employes within the
16 Department of Transportation.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Subclause (14) of clause (d) of section 3, act of
20 August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286), known as the "Civil Service
21 Act," added August 27, 1963 (P.L.1257, No.520), is amended to
22 read:
23 Section 3. Definition of Terms.--In this act, unless the
24 context otherwise clearly requires,--
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1 (d) "Classified service" includes:
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3 (14) [The following positions in the Department of Highways:
4 Engineers, geologists, chemists, planning specialists,
5 statisticians, economists, geodesists, photogrammetrists,
6 architects, landscape architects, cartographers, draftsmen and
7 surveyors] All positions now existing or hereafter created in
8 the Department of Transportation including positions included in
9 the "Unclassified service" under clause (c) except the head and
10 deputy heads of the department and attorneys employed by the
11 department; and
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13 Section 2. All personnel in the Department of Transportation
14 on the effective date of this act who are not in the "Classified
15 service," but who are included in the "Classified service" under
16 the provisions of this amendatory act shall, except as
17 hereinafter provided, serve the maximum probationary period
18 authorized under section 603 of the Civil Service Act, beginning
19 on the effective date of this act. County maintenance
20 superintendents and assistant county maintenance superintendents
21 employed by the department on the effective date of this act
22 shall be ineligible to hold a position in the "classified
23 service," until qualified under the provisions of the Civil
24 Service Act, but shall be eligible for provisional appointment
25 under section 604.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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