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MI Comp L § 38.410 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.410 - Division of County Civil Service Into Unclassified and Classified Services.

38.410 Division of county civil service into unclassified and classified services. Sec. 10.  The civil service of the county is divided into the unclassified and classified services.  (a) The unclassified service includes:  (1) Officers elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in those elective offices.   (2) Officers and employees for whom the state constitution of 1963 specifically directs the manner of appointment.  (3) Members of boards and commissions required by law to be appointed.  (4) A deputy or assistant in each of the elective offices, who, in the case of a vacancy in the elective office or inability of that elective officer to perform the duties of the office, would be entitled to perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is filled or the inability removed.  (5) Commissions appointed by the county board of commissioners, or by the board of county auditors, under the general law of this state.  (6) Court reporters of all courts of record, except the probate courts, shall be exempt from the classified service under this act.  (7) County health director.  (8) The chief clerk of a court of record who is required by law to be appointed by the board of auditors on recommendation of the judges of the court.  (9) The director of labor relations in the county.  (10) The building manager, county road commission.  (11) The chief of administration—prosecutor administrator of the office of prosecuting attorney.  (b) The classified service comprises all positions not specifically included by this act in the unclassified service. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.410 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 231, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 99, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 152, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1963 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 24, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1969 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 1975 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 320, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1978
MI Comp L § 38.411 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.411 - Civil Service Commission; Meetings; Rules of Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Availability of Certain Writings to Public.

38.411 Civil service commission; meetings; rules of procedure; record of proceedings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public. Sec. 11.  The commission shall hold meetings regularly, at least once a month. It shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings. The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.411 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
MI Comp L § 38.412a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.412a - Providing or Possessing Copy of Classified Service Examination or Answers Prohibited; Violation; Penalties; Complaint; Issuance of Arrest Warrant.

38.412a Providing or possessing copy of classified service examination or answers prohibited; violation; penalties; complaint; issuance of arrest warrant. Sec. 12a.  (1) A member or employee of a county civil service commission or an officer or employee of a county which has adopted this act, being Act No. 370 of the Public Acts of 1941, shall not provide a copy of the examination given to applicants for appointments to the classified service pursuant to section 12 or a copy of the answers to the examination to an applicant or other person who is not a member or employee of the county civil service commission before the examination is held. A member or employee of a county civil service commission or an officer or employee of a county which has adopted this act who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both, and shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to any elective or appointive office of this state or a political subdivision of this state for a period of 20 years after conviction for a violation of this subsection.  (2) An applicant for appointment to the classified service shall not possess a copy of the examination given to applicants for appointment to the classified service pursuant to section 12 or the answers to the examination, prior to the time the examination is given. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.  (3) If the attorney general or the prosecutor for a county which has adopted this act fails to take action under this section, an individual may make a complaint in writing and under oath to a magistrate alleging that a person has violated this section. If, after examination of the complainant and any witnesses who may be produced, the magistrate determines that there is probable cause to believe that the person named in the complaint has violated this section, the magistrate shall issue a warrant for that person's arrest. History: Add. 1982, Act 517, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
MI Comp L § 38.413 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.413 - Classified Civil Service; Appointments, Probationary Period, Temporary Appointments; War Veterans.

38.413 Classified civil service; appointments, probationary period, temporary appointments; war veterans. Sec. 13.  Whenever a position in the competitive classified civil service is to be filled, the appointing authority shall notify the commission of that fact, and the commission shall certify the names and addresses of the 3 candidates standing highest on the eligible list for the class or grade to which such position belongs, and the appointing authority shall forthwith appoint to such position one of the 3 persons so certified. Such appointment shall be for a probationary period to be fixed by the rules, but not to exceed 6 months. At or before the expiration of the probationary period, the appointing officer may, by presenting specific reasons for such action in writing, discharge a probational appointee, or, with the approval of the civil service commission, transfer him to another department. If not discharged prior to the expiration of the period of probation and if no complaint has been made as to the service rendered, the appointment shall be deemed complete. To prevent the stoppage of business or to meet extraordinary conditions or emergencies, the head of any department or office, may with the approval of the commission, make a temporary appointment to remain for not exceeding 60 days, or until regular appointment under the provisions hereof can be made.  War veterans shall have 10 points added to their earned ratings who have an honorable discharge from any branch of the armed forces in time of war, and 15 points shall be added to the earned ratings of all honorably discharged veterans who have served in time of war and have a service connected disability if all other requirements of this act have been complied with by such war veterans. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.412 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 96, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
MI Comp L § 38.413a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.413a - Classified Civil Service; Provisional Status Made Regular, Exceptions.

38.413a Classified civil service; provisional status made regular, exceptions. Sec. 13a.  Any county employee in the classified service who has held a provisional appointment or provisional promotion continuously in the same class and agency for a period of 6 months as of July 1, 1968, shall be granted regular status in the class of positions in which such provisional appointment or provisional promotion is held. This section shall not pertain to any deputy sheriffs who hold such provisional appointments or provisional promotions, to any employees who are not citizens of the United States, to any employees holding provisional appointments in the class of common laborer nor to any employees holding seasonal appointments.  History: Add. 1968, Act 188, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1968
MI Comp L § 38.414 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.414 - Classified Civil Service; Qualifying and Competitive Examinations Required; Exceptions.

38.414 Classified civil service; qualifying and competitive examinations required; exceptions. Sec. 14.  The classified service shall comprise all employees of the probate court, including the reporters employed thereby, deputy sheriffs, assistant prosecuting attorneys excepting the chief assistant prosecuting attorney, the chief trial attorney and the chiefs of the appellate division, civil division and criminal division and all positions not specifically included by this act in the unclassified service. All appointive officers and employees of the county or any subdivision thereof at the time this act shall take effect, and who shall have been such for more than 2 years prior thereto, whose positions this act includes in the classified civil service, shall hold their positions without examination until discharged, reduced, promoted or transferred, in accordance with the provisions of this act relating to civil service. All appointive officers and employees of the county or any subdivision thereof included in the classified civil service by this act who shall have been so employed for more than 1 year and less than 2 years prior to the time this act shall take effect shall be required to take qualifying examinations and all such appointive officers and employees who shall have been so employed for less than 1 year prior to the effective date of this act shall be required to take competitive examinations. Whenever the positions of any appointive officers or employees of the county shall be placed in the classified civil service of the county by amendment of this act subsequent to the time this act originally became effective in such county, such officers or employees shall hold their positions without examination until discharged, reduced, promoted or transferred in accordance with the provisions of this act, if they had been so employed for more than 2 years prior to the time their positions were so placed in the classified civil service, and such officers or employees shall be required to take qualifying examinations if they had been so employed for less than 2 years prior to the time their positions were so placed in the classified civil service. All employees now authorized by law to be employed in any county office or department for seasonal or temporary employment, who shall have been in such employment of the county for 2 successive seasons immediately prior to the time this act shall take effect, shall be included in the classified civil service and be eligible for appointment to such seasonal or temporary occupation without examination.  History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.414 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 147, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1949 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 99, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 64, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
MI Comp L § 38.415 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.415 - Classified Civil Service; Vacancies, Promotion, Basis.

38.415 Classified civil service; vacancies, promotion, basis. Sec. 15.  Whenever possible, vacancies shall be filled by promotion. Promotion shall be made from among employees qualified by training and experience to fill the vacancy, and whose length of service entitles them to consideration. The commission shall, for the purpose of promotion, rate such employees so qualified on the basis of their service record if maintained, experience in the work involved in the vacant position, training and qualification for such work, seniority and war service ratings. Seniority shall be controlling only when other factors are equal. Only 1 name, the highest on the list of ratings, shall be certified. The appointing authority shall then appoint the person so qualified forthwith, or elect to make an original appointment, in which event the procedure for original appointments hereinbefore provided shall be followed. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.415 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 81, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 241, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
MI Comp L § 38.416 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.416 - Classified Civil Service; Removal, Suspension or Reduction, Procedure; Appeal, Hearing; Findings of Civil Service Commission.

38.416 Classified civil service; removal, suspension or reduction, procedure; appeal, hearing; findings of civil service commission. Sec. 16.  Any officer or employee in the classified civil service may be removed, suspended or reduced in rank or compensation by the appointing authority, after appointment or promotion is complete, by an order in writing, stating specifically the reasons therefor. The order shall be filed with the civil service commission and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the person to be removed, suspended, or reduced. The employee may reply in writing to the order within 5 days from the date of filing the order with the civil service commission. Any person removed, suspended, or reduced in rank or compensation, within 20 days after presentation to him of the order of removal, suspension, or reduction, may appeal to the civil service commission from such order. The commission within 2 weeks from the filing of the appeal, shall commence the hearing thereon, and shall thereupon fully hear and determine the matter, and either affirm, modify or revoke such order. The appellant shall be entitled to appear personally, produce evidence, and to have counsel and a public hearing. The finding and decision of the commission shall be certified to the official from whose order the appeal is taken, and shall forthwith be enforced and followed by him. If the order of the appointing authority is affirmed by the commission, the effective date of the order shall stand as issued by the appointing authority. If the order of the appointing authority is modified by the commission, compensation and other benefits shall be in accordance with and in proportion to the extent of such modification. If the order of the appointing authority is revoked by the commission, all compensation and other benefits which would have accrued to the employee from the effective date of the order shall be restored to him. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.416 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 96, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
MI Comp L § 38.417 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.417 - Civil Service Commission; Annual Report to Board of Supervisors.

38.417 Civil service commission; annual report to board of supervisors. Sec. 17.  The commission shall make an annual report to the board of supervisors at its October session each year, or at any other time as may be required by said board of supervisors. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.417
MI Comp L § 38.418 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.418 - Payrolls; Approval by Civil Service Commission.

38.418 Payrolls; approval by civil service commission. Sec. 18.  All payrolls shall be approved by the civil service commission, or by its secretary when so authorized by the commission, before payment. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.418
MI Comp L § 38.419 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.419 - Civil Service Employees; Soliciting for Political Purposes Prohibited.

38.419 Civil service employees; soliciting for political purposes prohibited. Sec. 19.  Politics, unlawful solicitation. No officer or employee of the county in the classified civil service, shall directly or indirectly make, solicit, or receive, or be in any manner concerned in making, soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or any political purpose whatsoever. Any employee violating the provisions of this section may be removed from the office. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.419
MI Comp L § 38.420 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.420 - Civil Service Commission; Powers of Investigation.

38.420 Civil service commission; powers of investigation. Sec. 20.  Commission, investigation powers. The commission, for the purpose of carrying into effect the civil service provisions of this act, shall have power to investigate the conduct and operation of any department or board, and to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, and to administer oaths. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.420
MI Comp L § 38.421 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.421 - Civil Service Commission; Authority to Require Medical Examinations.

38.421 Civil service commission; authority to require medical examinations. Sec. 21.  The commission shall have power and authority to call upon the services of county physicians or medical examiners to make such medical examinations as may be required by the commission. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.421
MI Comp L § 38.422 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.422 - Civil Service Commission; Power to Subpoena Witnesses and Evidence; Noncompliance, Penalty; Enforcement.

38.422 Civil service commission; power to subpoena witnesses and evidence; noncompliance, penalty; enforcement. Sec. 22.  Subpoena, failure to comply, penalty, fees; circuit court summoning witnesses; perjury. Any person who shall be served with a subpoena to appear and testify, or to produce books and papers issued by the commission or by any commissioner, or by any authorized representative of the commission, in the course of the investigation conducted under the provisions of this chapter, and who shall refuse or neglect to appear or to testify as commanded in such subpoena, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished as herein provided. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses in the circuit court for the county, and shall be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the commission. The judge of the circuit court, either in term or vacation, upon application of any such commissioner, shall compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers and giving of testimony before the commission or before any commissioner, or authorized representative, by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before said court. Every person who, having taken an oath or made affirmation in such proceeding, shall swear or affirm wilfully, corruptly, or falsely, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.422
MI Comp L § 38.423 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.423 - Violations; Penalties.

38.423 Violations; penalties. Sec. 23.  (1) Except as provided in section 12a and subsections (2) and (3), a person who knowingly violates this act, and a person who neglects or refuses to perform a duty required of the person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. When an act or duty is required to be done by or under the supervision or authority of an officer, and the act or duty is not done or performed, the officer who wilfully neglected to perform the duty, or wilfully permitted the omission or nonperformance of the duty or act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who is convicted of a misdemeanor under this act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $500.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.  (2) A person who intentionally violates this act with regard to the holding of a meeting as required in section 11 shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for violations of that act.  (3) A person who arbitrarily and capriciously violates this act with regard to a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission as required under section 11 shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for violations of that act. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.423 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 517, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
MI Comp L § 38.424 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.424 - Classified Civil Service; Discrimination Prohibited.

38.424 Classified civil service; discrimination prohibited. Sec. 24.  Discrimination prohibited. No person in the classified civil service or seeking admission thereto, shall be appointed, reduced or removed, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of his political, racial, or religious opinions or affiliations, except for membership in any organization which has advocated or does advocate disloyalty to the government of the United States or any subdivision thereof. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.424
MI Comp L § 38.425 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)|Section 38.425 - Civil Service Commission; Offices.

38.425 Civil service commission; offices.  Sec. 25.  Rooms and accommodations. The commission shall be provided with suitable offices, examination rooms, and accommodations for itself and staff, as may be required to suit the public convenience and carry on the work of the commission. History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.425