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Ohio Rev Code § 124.411 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.411 | Police Department Appointment From Annexed Territory.

Effective: March 2, 1992|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly|Notwithstanding section 124.41 of the Revised Code, the appointing authority of a municipal corporation that has been incorporated pursuant to Chapter 707, of the Revised Code may grant an original appointment to a police department, as a policewoman or policeman, to a person who was employed on the date of incorporation as a full-time police officer of a township all or part of which was included in the corporation limits of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.42 | Firefighter Qualifications.

Effective: September 28, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly|No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment as a firefighter in a fire department, subject to the civil service laws of this state, unless the person has reached the age of eighteen and has, not more than one hundred twenty days prior to receiving such appointment, passed a physical examination, given by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, certifying that the applicant is free of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and showing that the person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of a firefighter as established by the civil service commission having jurisdiction over the appointment. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of said licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. The professional fee for such physical examination shall be paid by the civil service commission. No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment on and after the person's forty-first birthday. Notwithstanding this section, a municipal council may enact an ordinance providing that a person between the age of eighteen and forty may receive an original appointment to the fire department, or the board of trustees of a civil service township may do so by resolution. Nothing in this section shall prevent a municipal corporation or civil service township from establishing a fire cadet program and employing persons as fire cadets at age eighteen for the purpose of training persons to become firefighters. The board of trustees of a civil service township may establish by resolution such a cadet program. A person participating in a municipal or township fire cadet program shall not be permitted to carry or use any firearm in the performance of the person's duties.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.43 | Separate Examinations and Eligibility Lists for Police and Firemen.

Effective: August 9, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly|Separate examinations shall be given and separate eligibility lists maintained by municipal and civil service township civil service commissions for original appointments to and promotions in fire and police departments in cities and civil service townships. No person may be transferred from one list to the other. Appointments and promotions in the departments shall be only from the separate eligible lists maintained for each of the departments. Transfers of personnel from one department to the other are hereby prohibited.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.44 | Police Department Promotions.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly|No positions above the rank of patrol officer in the police department shall be filled by original appointment. Vacancies in positions above the rank of patrol officer in a police department shall be filled by promotion from among persons holding positions in a rank lower than the position to be filled. No position above the rank of patrol officer in a police department shall be filled by any person unless the person has first passed a competitive promotional examination. Promotion shall be by successive ranks insofar as practicable, and no person in a police department shall be promoted to a position in a higher rank who has not served at least twelve months in the next lower rank. A municipal civil service commission may require a period of service of longer than twelve months for promotion to the rank immediately above the rank of patrol officer. No competitive promotional examination shall be held unless there are at least two persons eligible to compete. Whenever a municipal or civil service township civil service commission determines that there are less than two persons holding positions in the rank next lower than the position to be filled, who are eligible and willing to compete, the commission shall allow the persons holding positions in the then next lower rank who are eligible, to compete with the persons holding positions in the rank lower than the position to be filled.An increase in the salary or other compensation of anyone holding a position in a police department, beyond that fixed for the rank in which that position is classified, shall be deemed a promotion, except as provided in section 124.491 of the Revised Code.If a vacancy occurs in a position above the rank of patrol officer in a police department, and there is no eligible list for such rank, the municipal or civil service township civil service commission shall, within sixty days of that vacancy, hold a competitive promotional examination. After the examination has been held and an eligible list established, the commission shall forthwith certify to the appointing officer the name of the person on the list receiving the highest rating. Upon the certification, the appointing officer shall appoint the person so certified within thirty days from the date of the certification. If there is a list, the commission shall, when there is a vacancy, immediately certify the name of the person on the list having the highest rating, and the appointing authority shall appoint that person within thirty days from the date of the certification.No credit for seniority, efficiency, or any other reason shall be added to an applicant's examination grade unless the applicant achieves at least the minimum passing grade on the examination without counting that extra credit.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.46 | Fire Department Eligibility Lists.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly|The names of the examinees who have passed the examination shall be placed on the eligible list in accordance with their grades. The examinee receiving the highest grade shall be placed first on the list. If two or more examinees receive the same grade, seniority in the fire department service shall determine the order of their names. The person having the highest position on the list shall be appointed in the case of a vacancy. Eligible lists established as provided in this section shall continue for two years. If a vacancy occurs prior to the expiration of the two-year period, the list shall continue for the purpose of filling the vacancy until the vacancy has been filled. If an eligible list exists and a vacancy occurs that may be filled from that list, the vacancy shall be filled within a period of not more than ten days from the date of the vacancy.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.47 | Fire Department Special Positions.

Effective: August 9, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly|Within any rank, the municipal council or board of trustees of a civil service township may establish such special positions having special duties with preferential pay as the council or board deems necessary, but the holding of any such special positions shall not establish eligibility to the next higher rank to the exclusion of other persons in the same rank who do not hold such special positions. No special position established by council or the board within a rank in a fire department shall be filled without promotional examination in the same manner as promotions from rank to rank.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.48 | Fire Department Vacancies.

Effective: July 1, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly|Whenever a vacancy occurs in a promoted rank in a fire department and no eligible list for that rank exists, the appointing authority shall certify the fact to the civil service commission. The civil service commission, within sixty days of the vacancy, shall conduct a competitive promotional examination. After the examination has been held, an eligible list shall be established, and the civil service commission shall certify to the appointing authority the name of the person on the list receiving the highest grade. Upon the certification, the appointing authority shall appoint the person so certified within ten days. When an eligible list exists and a vacancy occurs in a position for which the list was established, the appointing authority shall certify the fact to the civil service commission. The person standing highest on the list shall be certified to the appointing authority, and that person shall be appointed within ten days.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.49 | Fire Department Probationary Period.

Effective: August 9, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly|All promotional appointments in a fire department may be for a probationary period to be fixed by the rules of the civil service commission and not to exceed six months. No promotion shall be deemed final until the appointee has satisfactorily served his probationary period. At the end of the probationary period the appointing authority shall transmit to the civil service commission a record of the employee's service, and if such service is satisfactory the appointee shall continue in his promoted rank. If at the end of the probationary period the appointee's service is unsatisfactory, he shall be reduced to the rank held at the time he was appointed to the higher rank. In all cases of unsatisfactory probationary periods in the fire department, the appointing authority shall, at the end of the probationary period, furnish the employee with a written notice of unsatisfactory probation and a detailed statement of the basis for such finding. Within ten days thereafter such employee may appeal from the decision or order of the appointing authority to the municipal or civil service township civil service commission, and the commission shall hear, or appoint a trial board to hear, such employee's appeal within thirty days from its filing with the commission. An appeal to determine the sufficiency of the cause of demotion may be had from the decision of the commission to the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipality or township is situated. The appeal shall be taken within twenty days from the decision of the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.491 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.491 | Authorized Educational Achievement of Police Officer or Firefighter.

Effective: August 26, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, adopt a plan granting an increase in salary for authorized educational achievement attained prior to original appointment or during service by a policeman or fireman. Such a plan shall define the areas of education which qualify, set standards, and shall be applied uniformly among members of the police or fire department. Such areas of education shall be related to law enforcement and firefighting, respectively. Only successful completion of a qualified course of education shall be required. In the event of a dispute as to the application of such plan, the municipal civil service commission shall hear and determine the issue upon request. Such a salary increase may raise the total compensation of a policeman or fireman above the salary to which he would otherwise be entitled by his rank and years of service. An increase in salary granted under this section shall not be deemed a promotion and shall not invoke the promotion procedures otherwise required by sections 124.44 to 124.49 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.50 | Reinstatement After Separation Due to Injury or Physical Disability Incurred in the Performance of Duty.

Effective: March 31, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly|Any person holding an office or position under the classified service in a fire department or a police department who is separated therefrom due to injury or physical disability incurred in the performance of duty shall be reinstated immediately, or one suffering injury or physical disability incurred other than in the performance of duty may be reinstated, upon filing with the chief of the fire department or the chief of the police department, a written application for reinstatement, to the office or position held at the time of such separation, after passing a physical examination showing that the person has recovered from the injury or other physical disability. The physical examination shall be made by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife within two weeks after application for reinstatement has been made, provided such application for reinstatement is filed within five years from the date of separation from the department, and further provided that such application shall not be filed after the date of service eligibility retirement. The physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife shall be designated by the firefighters' pension board or the police officers' pension board and shall complete any written documentation of the physical examination.Any person holding an office or position under the classified service in a fire department or a police department, who resigns therefrom, may be reinstated to the rank of firefighter or police officer, upon the filing of a written application for reinstatement with the municipal or civil service township civil service commission and a copy thereof with the chief of the fire department or chief of the police department, and upon passing a physical examination disclosing that the person is physically fit to perform the duties of the office of firefighter or police officer, the application for reinstatement shall be filed within one year from the date of resignation. Any person reinstated pursuant to the authority of this paragraph shall not receive credit for seniority earned prior to resignation and reinstatement, and shall not be entitled to reinstatement to a position above the rank of regular firefighter or patrol officer, regardless of the position the person may have held at the time of resignation.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.51 | Secretary of Police - Secretary of Fire.

Effective: December 4, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly|In any city which by action of its legislative authority establishes the position of secretary of police or the position of secretary of fire, neither such position, if filled by a member of the uniform rank by assignment, shall be subject to competitive examination, notwithstanding section 124.44 of the Revised Code. The status within the uniform ranks of such member while so serving in such assignment shall remain unchanged and, notwithstanding the compensation fixed for such position, he shall not acquire any right to promotion other than such rights to promotion which apply to the rank held at the time of assignment.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.52 | Police Department Traffic Control Unit Head Exempt From Civil Service.

Effective: December 4, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly|In any city with a population of seven hundred thousand or more as shown by the last federal census, which by action of the legislative authority establishes within the police department a unit assigned to the control of traffic, a member of the police department of said city who is appointed the head of such unit by whatever title designated, shall not be subject to competitive examination, notwithstanding section 124.44 of the Revised Code. The status within the uniform ranks of such member while serving as the head of such traffic unit shall remain unchanged and notwithstanding the compensation fixed for such position, he shall not acquire any right to promotion other than such rights to promotion which apply to the rank held at the time of appointment as head of such traffic control unit.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.53 | Superintendent of Buildings - Superintendent of Fire Equipment Exempt From Civil Service.

Effective: December 4, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly|In any city which, by action of its legislative authority, establishes the position of superintendent of buildings or the position of superintendent of fire equipment, and appoints to either position a member of the uniform rank by assignment, such member is not subject to competitive examination, notwithstanding section 124.44 of the Revised Code. The status within the uniform ranks of such member while so serving in such assignment shall remain unchanged and, notwithstanding the compensation fixed for such position, he shall not acquire any right to promotion other than such rights to promotion which apply to the rank held at the time of assignment.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.54 | Boards of Education to Share Cost of Civil Service Administration.

Effective: June 20, 1983|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 137 - 115th General Assembly|Where a municipal civil service commission serves a city school district whose territory is located in more than one city, the board of education of such district shall, by resolution, appropriate each year, to be paid into the treasury of the municipal civil service commission's city, an amount sufficient to meet the portion of the board of education's cost of civil service administration. The amount shall be mutually agreed to by the school board and the commission or if agreement cannot be reached, it shall be determined by the ratio of the number of employees of such board in the classified service to the entire number of employees in the classified service in all political divisions served by the commission.Where a municipal civil service commission serves a city school district whose territory is not located in more than one city, the board of education of such district may appropriate such an amount to be paid to the city's treasury.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.56 | Investigation of Violations.

Effective: August 9, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly|When the state personnel board of review or a municipal or civil service township civil service commission has reason to believe that any officer, board, commission, head of a department, or person having the power of appointment, layoff, suspension, or removal, has abused such power by making an appointment, layoff, reduction, suspension, or removal of an employee under his or their jurisdiction in violation of this chapter of the Revised Code, the board or commission shall make an investigation, and if it finds that a violation of this chapter, or the intent and spirit of this chapter has occurred, it shall make a report to the governor, or in the case of a municipal or township office or employee, the commission shall make a report to the mayor or other chief appointing authority, or in the case of a civil service township, the commission shall make a report to the board of township trustees, who may remove forthwith such guilty officer, board, commission, head of department, or person. The officer or employee shall first be given an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his own defense. The action of removal by the governor, mayor, or other chief appointing authority is final except as otherwise provided in this chapter of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 124.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel|Section 124.57 | Prohibition Against Partisan Political Activity.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) No officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state shall directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for public office; nor shall any person solicit directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, any such assessment, contribution, or payment from any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, or city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state; nor shall any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state be an officer in any political organization or take part in politics other than to vote as the officer or employee pleases and to express freely political opinions. (B)(1) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an officer or employee described in that division from serving as a precinct election official under section 3501.22 of the Revised Code.(2) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an employee of OSU extension whose position is transferred from the unclassified civil service to the classified civil service and who also holds the office of president of a city legislative authority from completing the existing term of office as president.