As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 20

Representative Stebelton 

Cosponsors: Representatives Evans, Blessing, Murray, Morgan, Jordan 

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A BILL

To amend section 124.23 of the Revised Code to

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eliminate the requirement that a veteran be a

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resident of Ohio to qualify to receive the

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veterans preference on civil service examinations.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 124.23 of the Revised Code be amended	5
to read as follows:	6

Sec. 124.23.  (A) All applicants for positions and places in	7
the classified service shall be subject to examination, except for	8
applicants for positions as professional or certified service and	9
paraprofessional employees of county boards of mental retardation	10
and developmental disabilities, who shall be hired in the manner	11
provided in section 124.241 of the Revised Code.	12

(B) Any examination administered under this section shall be	13
public and be open to all citizens of the United States and those	14
persons who have legally declared their intentions of becoming	15
United States citizens, within certain limitations to be	16
determined by the director of administrative services as to	17
citizenship, age, experience, education, health, habit, and moral	18
character. Any person who has completed service in the uniformed	19
services,and who has been honorably discharged from the uniformed	20
services or transferred to the reserve with evidence of	21
satisfactory service, and who is a resident of this state and any	22
member of the national guard or a reserve component of the armed	23
forces of the United States who has completed more than one	24
hundred eighty days of active duty service pursuant to an	25
executive order of the president of the United States or an act of	26
the congress of the United States may file with the director a	27
certificate of service or honorable discharge, and, upon this	28
filing, the person shall receive additional credit of twenty per	29
cent of the person's total grade given in the regular examination	30
in which the person receives a passing grade.	31

As used in this division, "service in the uniformed services"	32
and "uniformed services" have the same meanings as in the	33
"Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of	34
1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C.A. 4303.	35

(C) An examination may include an evaluation of such factors	36
as education, training, capacity, knowledge, manual dexterity, and	37
physical or psychological fitness. An examination shall consist of	38
one or more tests in any combination. Tests may be written, oral,	39
physical, demonstration of skill, or an evaluation of training and	40
experiences and shall be designed to fairly test the relative	41
capacity of the persons examined to discharge the particular	42
duties of the position for which appointment is sought. Tests may	43
include structured interviews, assessment centers, work	44
simulations, examinations of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and	45
any other acceptable testing methods. If minimum or maximum	46
requirements are established for any examination, they shall be	47
specified in the examination announcement.	48

(D) The director of administrative services shall have	49
control of all examinations, except as otherwise provided in	50
sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code. No questions in any	51
examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or	52
affiliations. No credit for seniority, efficiency, or any other	53
reason shall be added to an applicant's examination grade unless	54
the applicant achieves at least the minimum passing grade on the	55
examination without counting that extra credit.	56

(E) Except as otherwise provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64	57
of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services shall	58
give reasonable notice of the time, place, and general scope of	59
every competitive examination for appointment to a position in the	60
civil service. The director shall send written, printed, or	61
electronic notices of every examination to be conducted in the	62
state classified service to each agency of the type the director	63
of job and family services specifies and, in the case of a county	64
in which no such agency is located, to the clerk of the court of	65
common pleas of that county and to the clerk of each city located	66
within that county. Those notices shall be posted in conspicuous	67
public places in the designated agencies or the courthouse, and	68
city hall of the cities, of the counties in which no designated	69
agency is located for at least two weeks preceding any examination	70
involved, and in a conspicuous place in the office of the director	71
of administrative services for at least two weeks preceding any	72
examination involved. In case of examinations limited by the	73
director to a district, county, city, or department, the director	74
shall provide by rule for adequate publicity of an examination in	75
the district, county, city, or department within which competition	76
is permitted.	77

Section 2. That existing section 124.23 of the Revised Code	78
is hereby repealed.	79