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 -