400.14 - CIVIL SERVICE STATUS OF CHIEFS.

        400.14  CIVIL SERVICE STATUS OF CHIEFS.         A police officer under civil service may be appointed chief of      police and a fire fighter under civil service may be appointed chief      of the fire department without losing civil service status, and shall      retain, while holding the office of chief, the same civil service      rights that the officer or fire fighter may have had immediately      previous to appointment as chief, but nothing herein shall be deemed      to extend to such individual any civil service right upon which the      individual may retain the position of chief.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C27, 31, 35, § 5699-a1; C39, § 5699.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,      66, 71, 73, § 365.14; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 400.14]         Referred to in § 400.6