18990-18993
GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 18990-18993
18990. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for career executive assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on promotional lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, related legislative experience shall be considered state civil service experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board, based on the duties and responsibilities assigned. (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than one department for the same classification, the employee shall select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list established from the examination in which the employee participated. Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the same manner as provided for civil service employees. (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are employed by the Legislature, and who resign or are released from service, shall be eligible to take promotional civil service examinations for one year following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (d) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are employed by the Legislature, and who resign or are released from service, shall be eligible to take examinations for career executive assignments indefinitely following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (e) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are employed by the office of the Auditor General or the office of the Legislative Analyst as of January 1, 1992, and who resign or are released from service due to a force reduction of the Legislature before January 1, 1994, shall be eligible to take promotional civil service examinations, including career executive assignments, for three years following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (f) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or (e) or prior to having resigned or having been released in a manner to which subdivision (c) or (e) would apply, shall maintain that eligibility for the duration of that particular list.(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date. 18990. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for career executive assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on promotional lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, related legislative experience shall be considered state civil service experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board, based on the duties and responsibilities assigned. (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than one department for the same classification, the employee shall select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list established from the examination in which the employee participated. Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the same manner as provided for civil service employees. (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are employed by the Legislature, and who resign or are released from service, shall be eligible to take promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for career executive assignments, for one year following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (d) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are employed by the office of the Auditor General or the office of the Legislative Analyst as of January 1, 1992, and who resign or are released from service due to a force reduction of the Legislature before January 1, 1994, shall be eligible to take promotional civil service examinations, including career executive assignments, for three years following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (e) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d) or prior to having resigned or having been released in a manner to which subdivision (c) or (d) would apply, shall maintain that eligibility for the duration of that particular list. (f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013. 18991. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty, shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for career executive assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on promotional lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, related military experience shall be considered state civil service experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board, based on the duties and responsibilities assigned. (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than one department for the same classification, the employee shall select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list established from the examination in which the employee participated. Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the same manner as provided for civil service employees. 18992. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt positions in the executive branch of government as defined in subdivisions (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), and (m) of Section 4 of Article VII of the Constitution and excluding those positions for which the salaries are set by statute, shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service examinations, including, but not limited to, examinations for career executive assignments for which they meet the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on promotional lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, related exempt experience shall be considered state civil service experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board, based on the duties and responsibilities assigned. (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than one department for the same classification, the employee shall select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list established from the examination in which the employee participated. Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the same manner as provided for civil service employees. (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section and who resign or are released from exempt employment of the executive branch of government shall be eligible to take promotional civil service examinations for one year following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (d) Employees who meet the requirements of this section and who resign or are released from exempt employment of the executive branch of government shall be eligible to take examinations for career executive assignments indefinitely following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (e) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or prior to having resigned or having been released in a manner to which subdivision (c) would apply, shall maintain that eligibility for the duration of that particular list.(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date. 18992. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt positions in the executive branch of government as defined in subdivisions (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), and (m) of Section 4 of Article VII of the Constitution and excluding those positions for which the salaries are set by statute, shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service examinations, including, but not limited to, examinations for career executive assignments for which they meet the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on promotional lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, related exempt experience shall be considered state civil service experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board, based on the duties and responsibilities assigned. (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than one department for the same classification, the employee shall select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list established from the examination in which the employee participated. Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the same manner as provided for civil service employees. (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section and who resign or are released from exempt employment of the executive branch of government shall be eligible to take promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for career executive assignments, for one year following their resignation or release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b). (d) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or prior to having resigned or having been released in a manner to which subdivision (c) would apply, shall maintain that eligibility for the duration of that particular list. (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013. 18993. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative or nonelected exempt executive branch employee who is appointed to a career executive assignment pursuant to Section 18990 or 18992, shall be eligible to compete in his or her department's promotional examinations for which he or she meets the minimum qualifications. When such an employee's career executive assignment is terminated by the appointing power, he or she shall have the right to request a deferred examination for any promotional eligible list for his or her department in existence at the time of the appointment termination if he or she meets the minimum qualifications specified for the promotional examination. (b) A request for a deferred examination pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be made no later than 10 days after the effective date of the termination of the career executive assignment. The department shall administer the deferred examination within 30 days of the date of the request.