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67C.303 Ordinance creating merit system and merit board -- Duties of board -- Appropriation of funds for expenses of board.

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Page 1 of 1 67C.303 Ordinance creating merit system and merit board -- Duties of board -- Appropriation of funds for expenses of board. (1) A consolidated local government shall, by ordinance, create a consolidated local government police force merit system and in the same ordinance shall establish a <br>consolidated local government police force merit board. A board shall classify and <br>examine applicants seeking employment as officers of the police force of the <br>consolidated local government, excluding applicants for the positions of chief, <br>assistant chief, and officers above the rank of captain. The board, except when <br>prohibited, shall promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with KRS <br>67C.301 to 67C.327 governing the classification, qualification, examination, <br>appointment, probation, promotion, demotion, suspension, and other disciplinary <br>action within the consolidated local government police force of all officers affected <br>and covered by the provisions of KRS 67C.301 to 67C.327, and shall hold hearings <br>and impose, if necessary, penalties upon the personnel affected by KRS 67C.301 to <br>67C.327. (2) The legislative council of the consolidated local government shall annually appropriate funds for the reasonable and necessary expenses of the board. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 339, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002.