§ 36-5-7 - State employees – Veterans.
SECTION 36-5-7
§ 36-5-7 State employees – Veterans.– (a) Any person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces ofthe United States and who has completed fifteen (15) or more years, notnecessarily consecutive of service credit, those credits having been earned ineither the classified, nonclassified, or unclassified service of the state or acombination of both, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in theposition he or she holds at the time of obtaining fifteen (15) years of servicecredit. For any other position he or she may hold subsequent to the obtainingfifteen (15) years of service credit, the person, subject to a then existinglist, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in the subsequent positionand shall be protected by the provisions of this chapter; providing, however:
(1) That military service not to exceed four (4) years ofactive service shall constitute service credit within the meaning of thissection;
(2) 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;
(3) That this section shall not apply to employees of thestate government whose method of appointment, salary, and term of office isspecified by statute;
(4) That all employees otherwise qualified under this sectionshall be subject to all of the provisions of dismissal and appeal as elsewheredescribed in this chapter.
(b) This section shall not apply to those employees whosebase entry date is after August 7, 1996.