PRINTER'S NO. 418
No. 391 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, CORRIGAN, CALTAGIRONE, BUXTON, EACHUS, JOSEPHS, CAWLEY, DALEY AND WHEATLEY, FEBRUARY 9, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 9, 2005
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 nature
14 of examinations.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. Section 502 of the act of August 5, 1941
18 (P.L.752, No.286), known as the Civil Service Act, amended
19 November 27, 2002 (P.L.1129, No.140), is amended to read:
20 Section 502. Nature of Examinations.--The director shall
21 give examinations in English and in spanish to establish
22 employment and promotion lists. Such examinations may be written
23 or oral, or a demonstration of skill, or an evaluation of
1 experience and education, or a combination of these, which shall 2 fairly appraise the fitness and ability of competitors. Such 3 examinations shall be practical in character and shall relate to 4 the duties and responsibilities of the position for which the 5 applicant is being examined and shall fairly test the relative 6 capacity and fitness of persons examined to perform the duties 7 of the class of positions to which they seek to be appointed or 8 promoted. An applicant may be required to possess scholastic 9 education qualifications only if the position for which the 10 applicant is being examined requires professional or technical 11 knowledges, skills and abilities or if such scholastic 12 qualifications are required to assure the continued eligibility 13 of the Commonwealth for Federal grants-in-aid. No greater credit 14 for experience gained during a provisional, emergency or 15 temporary appointment under this act or acts repealed hereby 16 shall be given to any person in any examination than is given in 17 such examination for experience in the same type of work 18 performed in a similar position not under the provisions of this 19 act or acts repealed hereby. In evaluating experience in order 20 to compute the final rating in any examination to establish 21 employment and promotion lists, persons discharged other than 22 dishonorably, after active service during any war or armed 23 conflict in which the United States engaged, from any branch of 24 the armed service of the United States, or from any women's 25 uniformed service directly connected therewith, shall not be 26 given less credit for experience than would be given for 27 continued experience in the position held at the time of 28 induction in the service. No question in any examination shall 29 relate to the race, gender, religion or political or labor union 30 affiliation of the candidate. 20050H0391B0418 - 2 -
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A6L71DMS/20050H0391B0418 - 3 -