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