67-5-11 - Employee accepting appointment to state position exempt from merit provisions -- Reinstatement in career status.
67-5-11. Employee accepting appointment to state position exempt from meritprovisions -- Reinstatement in career status.
(1) An employee in a career status accepting appointment to a position in stategovernment which is exempt from the merit provisions of Title 67, Chapter 19, Utah StatePersonnel Management Act, shall notify the attorney general in writing. Upon termination of theappointment, unless discharged for cause, the employee, through written request of reinstatementmade to the attorney general within 30 days from the effective date of termination from theappointment, shall be reinstated in a career status in the attorney general's office at a salary notless than that which he was receiving at the time of his appointment, and the time spent in theother position shall be credited toward seniority in the career service. Reinstatement shall bemade no later than 60 days after the written notification required by this Subsection (1) or 60days after the effective date of termination from the employee's appointive position, whichever islater. The position and assignment to which the employee shall return shall be determined by theattorney general.
(2) (a) The Office of the Attorney General shall establish and maintain a separateseniority list for each employee category, which categories may include attorneys, investigators,paralegals, secretaries, and others.
(b) An employee of the Office of the Attorney General with less seniority than anemployee in the same category entitled to be reinstated under this section holds his positionsubject to any reinstatement provided by Subsection (1).
Amended by Chapter 166, 2007 General Session