Bill Text: PA SB998 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act amending the act of August 10, 1951 (P.L.1189, No.265), entitled, as amended, "An act regulating the appointment, promotion, suspension, reduction, removal and reinstatement of employes (except superintendents, assistant superintendents, inspectors, chief clerks and school guards) in bureaus of police in cities of the second class; and defining the powers and duties of civil service commissions in such cities for such purposes," further providing for qualifications for appointment in the competitive class of the civil service.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-07-03 - Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS [SB998 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB998-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1278
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 998 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, FONTANA, LOGAN, TARTAGLIONE, RAFFERTY, PIPPY, ALLOWAY, STACK AND WARD, JULY 10, 2009
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JULY 10, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 10, 1951 (P.L.1189, No.265),
entitled, as amended, "An act regulating the appointment,
promotion, suspension, reduction, removal and reinstatement
of employes (except superintendents, assistant
superintendents, inspectors, chief clerks and school guards)
in bureaus of police in cities of the second class; and
defining the powers and duties of civil service commissions
in such cities for such purposes," further providing for
qualifications for appointment in the competitive class of
the civil service.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of the act of August 10, 1951
(P.L.1189, No.265), entitled, as amended, "An act regulating the
appointment, promotion, suspension, reduction, removal and
reinstatement of employes (except superintendents, assistant
superintendents, inspectors, chief clerks and school guards) in
bureaus of police in cities of the second class; and defining
the powers and duties of civil service commissions in such
cities for such purposes," amended March 20, 1990 (P.L.78,
No.17), is amended to read:
Section 3. Each applicant for original appointment to any
position in the competitive class in any bureau of police in any
city of the second class shall undergo a physical examination,
subsequent to a mental examination but prior to appointment,
which shall be conducted by a commission composed of doctors of
medicine appointed for that purpose by the mayor. Said
commission shall certify to the civil service commission that
the applicant is free from bodily or mental defects, deformity
or disease that might incapacitate him from the performance of
the duties of the position he is seeking. No application for
such appointment shall be received from any person who is under
eighteen years of age or over thirty-five years of age at the
date of his application. [A person applying for appointment
shall not be required to be a resident of the city at the time
of application for original appointment. The person shall,
however, be required to become a bona fide resident of the city
at the time of employment, and city residency must be maintained
for the entire period of employment.] Any applicant for
reinstatement as a member of the bureau of police who shall have
served as an employe in such bureau of police for a period of
more than six months[, and who at the time of his application
for reinstatement shall be a resident of such city,] shall be
eligible for such reinstatement, even though such applicant
shall be over the age of thirty-five years.
All original appointments to the position of police officer
in the bureau of police shall be for a probationary period of
six months. If at any time during the probationary period the
conduct or capacity of the probationer has not been satisfactory
to the appointing officer, the probationer shall be notified, in
writing, that he will not receive absolute appointment,
whereupon his employment shall cease; otherwise, his retention
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in the service shall be equivalent to final appointment.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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