The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03


April 3, 1871
| SENATE BILL No. 621.
AN ACT creating a State Civil Service Com =
mission. and providing for the appoint
ment of civil service commissioners and
| defining their duties, and fixing the ten :
ure of office of certain officers in the
classified service hereunder, and providing
| penalties for the violation of this act, and
| making an appropriation to carry out the
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
| State of Kansas:
| Section l. 1t shall be the duty of the
governor. by and with the consent of the
Senate, on the taking effect of this act, to
appoint three electors as civil service COM
missioners, two of whom shall hold such
for the term of two years from the date
of such appointment, and until their success,
sors are appointed and qualified. The said
commissioners shal CONSTITUTE the Clv1l
Service Commission. One of said commits
of the State University, one shall be the
state accountant and the third state Off
Ger member of state board commits
| sion. AS the terms of said respective COM
missioners expire the Governor, by and
point commissioners with the qualifications
aforesaid to serve for term of four years,
ana until their are
constitute quorum. Appointments to fill
vacancies shall be made by the Governor
before entering upon the duties of his
office, will take the oath prescribed for ex-
Sec. 2 The civil service of the state shall
be divided into the unclassified service
the exempt service, and the classified SER
vice. The unclassified service shall not be
subject to any of the provisions of this act
and shall include the following classes: All
officers elected by popular vote; all com
missioned officers appointed by the Cover
nor, with or without the consent OF the
Senate; all officers and employees appoint
ed by either or both branches of the leg.
islature; all election officers; all heads or
departments of the state government and
members of commissions, and boards there
of all officers and persons in the militia
ALL officers and employees In the state
printing department and in the printing
department of any state institution; APP
pofntees of the courts and Judges thereof,
and the clerk or stenographer of any such
assistants and principal clerk and stenog-
raphers of the several eonstItutionaI eSeeu,
laborers or domestics employed and
paid common or unskilled laborers
tional Institution, the instructors or pro-
fessors therein and the students who may
be employed in any ; capacity: a in ito die
erection, exempt from test and competition
one secretary or clerk of each department,
laws of this state; one private secretary;
clerk or stenographer OF each principal
situations who are required to be ply
or committees of the legislature. There may
also be included in the exempt classified
ton service all other officers or positions
competitive tests shall be found by the
Civil Service Commission to be imprac-
named in the rules, and the reasons for
separately in the annual report of said
commission. After this act has been in
force for a period of six months no add1-
tional office or position shall be exempted
placed in the exempt service except after
a PUBLIC hearing by such commission con,
Quoted in such a manner as the commission
may determine, and after suitable notice
Appointments in exempt service may be
Sec T. The Civil Service Commission
shall, on or before July L 1912; and from
offices and places of employment in the
state service and the offices. and places so
classified by such commission shall con-
stitute the classified service after July L
1913: No appointments in such CLASSIFIED Cd
accordance with the provisions of this act
In cases of necessity and emergency tenn
permanent place shall be filled by tenn
porary appointment for more than seventy
See. 5. The purpose of this act is to pro
vide means for selecting and promoting
service upon the sole basis of his proven
ability to perform the duties of his office
other candidate therefor and the Civil Ser
vice Commission shall. make rules to carry
out such purpose, and from time to time
forcement and effect of such rules, and SHAH
attendance and testimony Of witnesses and
the production of books and papers re!e-
want to such Investigation, or any invest1-
CATION or inquiry made under the provls-
ions of this act.
Sec. Is. All rules made as herein provided
and all changes therein shall forthwith De
printed for distribution by said commission
Said commission shall give liberal puOllc
notice of the place places where SAID
rules may be obtained. and in each puDllca-
ton shall be specified the date, not less
than ten days subsequent to the date OF
such publication, when said rules or
changes therein shall take effect. The
rules affecting any test shall not be changed
after the publication of notice of such test
Copies of all rules and of all changes there
in, duly certified by the secretary of the
commission, shall be deposited in the OFFICE
of the secretary of the state within ten
days after the adoption thereof, and shall
be filed, preserved, and indeXed by such
depostaries.
Sec. 4 Every applicant for an office cor
employment in said classified service, eX-
vided for by this act, shall be subjected to
a test. which shall be public and compeu-
tive. subject to limitations specified in the
rules of the commission as to residence, age.
sex. health, habits. and moral character
Such tests shall be practical in their char
acter and shall relate to those matters
which will fairly disclose the relative ca
pacity of the persons tested to discharge
the duties of the positions to which they
seek to be appointed, and may include
tests of mental qualification, of physical
qualification and health, and, when APP
propriate, of manual technical skill |
No question in any test shall relate to po-
litical or religious opinions affiliations.
Sec. s. The commission may refuse to