§ 36-4-59 - Tenure in state service.
SECTION 36-4-59
§ 36-4-59 Tenure in state service. –(a) Every person who shall have twenty (20) years, not necessarily consecutive,of service credit, the credits having been earned in either the classified,nonclassified, or unclassified service of the state or a combination of both,shall be deemed to have acquired full status in the position he or she holds atthe time of obtaining twenty (20) years of service credit.
(2) For any other position he or she may hold subsequent tothe time of obtaining twenty (20) years of service credit, the person, subjectto a then existing list, is to be deemed to have acquired full status in thesubsequent position and shall be protected by the provisions of this chapter,provided, however:
(i) That military service not to exceed four (4) years ofactive service shall constitute service credit within the meaning of thissection;
(ii) That in case of layoff or the abolition of a positionthrough reorganization or otherwise, any person in that position or subject tolayoff, who has full status, otherwise qualified under this section, shall beretained within the state services in a position of similar grade;
(iii) That this section shall not apply to employees of thestate government whose method of appointment and salary and term of office isspecified by statute;
(iv) That all employees otherwise qualified under thissection shall be subject to all of the provisions of dismissal and appeal aselsewhere described in this chapter.
(b) This section shall not apply to those employees whosebase entry date is after August 7, 1996.