Bill Information

An Act amending the act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286), known as the Civil Service Act, providing for full-time State Civil Service Commission members; further providing for members' salaries and meeting times; providing for delegation of authority to director; further providing for residency and for recordkeeping requirements; eliminating the certification of payrolls; requiring members to submit annual report; revising the records retention period; deleting citizenship and oath requirements; further providing for the filling of vacancies; requiring citizenship to be the deciding factor in a case of equal qualifications; eliminating certain requirements for promotion without examination; further providing for the distribution of public notice of examinations and requirements for maintaining eligibility lists and for the procedure for certain eligibles who waive consideration for a promotion, for procedures for filling a position, for the requirements of the probationary period; providing for the expansion of the authority of the director to approve temporary assignments; eliminating certain performance standards; requiring probationary performance evaluations and evaluation forms; further providing for a period of removal from eligibility lists; authorizing the commissioner to impose penalties; providing copies and notices to the director; and making a repeal.