8-30-315 - Temporary appointments.
8-30-315. Temporary appointments.
(a) When an appointing authority desires to fill a vacancy in the career service, and the commissioner cannot certify the required number of eligibles for such vacancy, because there is no appropriate list or because there is not a sufficient number of persons on appropriate lists who are willing to accept appointment, the commissioner may authorize the appointing authority to fill the vacancy by temporary appointment. In making temporary appointments, preference may be given first, to persons whose names are on an appropriate list; second, to persons in the state service whom the commissioner finds to be qualified; and third, to persons who have applied for appointment as regular employees and whom the commissioner believes to be qualified. A temporary appointee shall hold a position only until an appropriate list has been established and the required certification can be made. No temporary appointee shall hold a position for more than four (4) months. No temporary appointment shall be renewed, and no person shall receive more than one (1) temporary appointment in any twelve-month period.
(b) (1) An appointing authority may, with the approval of the commissioner, temporarily fill an existing career service vacancy, for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, by utilizing a temporary staffing service having a contract with the state to provide short-term temporaries.
(2) The provisions of this subsection (b) apply only to the utilization of vendor-supplied temporaries to fill career service positions that would normally be filled by permanent employees selected through the competitive process.
[Acts 1939, ch. 221, § 22; C. Supp. 1950, § 1034.44 (Williams, § 423.24v); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, §§ 2, 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-3215; Acts 1994, ch. 671, §§ 1, 2.]