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67.865 Merit or civil service system for employees.

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67.865 Merit or civil service system for employees. (1) If a comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to KRS 67.830 requires the implementation of a merit or civil service system for the employees of a charter <br>county government, the system shall be implemented by the charter county <br>government to guarantee the substantive and procedural rights possessed by any <br>employee of a government in existence within the boundaries of the charter county <br>prior to the effective date of merger. (2) During the time a merit or civil service system is being implemented pursuant to the requirements of a comprehensive plan, all procedural and substantive rights <br>possessed by any employee of a government in existence within the boundaries of <br>the charter county prior to the effective date of merger shall be protected. (3) If a comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to KRS 67.830 does not require the implementation of a merit or civil service system for the employees of a charter <br>county government, the charter county government shall continue to guarantee the <br>substantive and procedural rights possessed by those employees who had merit <br>system or civil service protection through a local government in existence within <br>the boundaries of the charter county prior to the effective date of merger. Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 401, sec. 9, effective July 13, 1990.