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OR Rev Stat § 241.150 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.150 - Reports of appointments and separations.

Each appointing power shall: (1) Report to the commission forthwith upon each appointment the name of the appointee, the title or character of the position to which the appointment is made, the date of the commencement of service, and the salary or compensation therefor. (2) Report from time to time, and upon the date of official action in, or knowledge of, each case, any separation of any person from any position, or other changes. (3) Furnish such other information as the commission may require in order to keep the roster mentioned in ORS 241.155.
OR Rev Stat § 241.155 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.155 - Official roster.

The commission shall keep in its office an official roster of all persons holding positions under the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and shall enter therein all appointments, promotions, demotions, transfers, reinstatements, resignations, suspensions, leaves of absence, removals and discharges, setting forth in each instance the date of commencement or termination of service, or other change, the nature of the duties performed, and the salary or compensation therefor, together with sufficient information to show why and how such appointments, or other changes, were made. The roster shall be kept so as to disclose readily to any one desiring to inspect the same all such matters in connection with each position in each department of the county government, subject to civil service, and in connection with each person employed therein.
OR Rev Stat § 241.205 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.205 - Basis of appointment and promotion generally.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990, the appointment and promotion of all persons to or in all positions subject to the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be made solely upon merit, efficiency and fitness, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation.
OR Rev Stat § 241.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.210 - Board of county commissioners to control creation of positions and fixing of compensation.

All positions subject to civil service in the county shall be created by the board of county commissioners and the board is authorized to fix the compensation of all employees employed therein. In the creation of each position subject to civil service, and in determining the amount of compensation thereof, the board shall give due consideration to the recommendation of the civil service commission and the appointing power of the department under which the position is created.
OR Rev Stat § 241.215 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.215 - Classification and compensation; rules.

(1) The commission shall classify, with reference to the examinations provided for in ORS 241.016 to 241.990, all positions in the public service of the county to which ORS 241.016 to 241.990 apply. The classifications shall be based upon the respective functions of the positions and the compensation attached thereto, and shall be arranged so as to permit the grading of positions of like character in groups and subdivisions, to the end that like compensation shall be paid for like duties. (2) The commission shall establish maximum and minimum salary limits for each grade in its classification, and shall provide by rule for advancement or promotion from grade to grade on the basis of efficiency and length of service. (3) The classifications and grades may, from time to time, be amended, added to, consolidated or abolished by the commission, but no person holding any position under any established classification or grade shall be affected by any such change so as to deprive the person of any of the benefits attached to the classification or grade applicable to the position then held by the person. (4) The positions so classified and graded shall constitute the classified civil service of the county.
OR Rev Stat § 241.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.220 - Examinations; notice.

(1) The commission shall, from time to time, hold public competitive examinations to ascertain the fitness of applicants for all positions in the classified service. (2) Notice of the time, place and general scope of every examination shall be given by the commission by publication in a newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the county, once each week for two consecutive weeks. Notices shall also be posted in three public places in the county, one of which shall be the office of the commission, for not less than two weeks prior to the examination.
OR Rev Stat § 241.225 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.225 - Qualification for examination.

Examinations shall be confined to citizens of the United States who can read and write the English language and who also possess such qualifications as to fitness, habits and moral character as are prescribed by rules of the commission. [Amended by 1959 c.689 §7; 1961 c.135 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 241.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.230 - Character of examinations.

(1) All examinations shall be practical in character and shall relate only to those matters which fairly test the relative fitness of persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions for which they are applicants. Examinations shall include, when appropriate, tests of health and physical qualification, and of manual, clerical or professional skill. (2) No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious preference, affiliation, opinion or services.
OR Rev Stat § 241.235 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.235 - Civil service examiners.

The commission shall control all examinations and shall designate the persons who shall act as examiners at any examination. When a person in the official service of the county is designated as examiner, the person shall act as such without extra compensation. Any commissioner may act as examiner.
OR Rev Stat § 241.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.240 - Credits to experienced applicants.

The regulations of the commission shall provide for a credit on original entrance examinations, in a percentage to be determined by the commission, for experience in work similar to that for which examinations are held. [Amended by 1959 c.84 §1; 1977 c.854 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 241.245 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.245 - Examinations for promotions.

(1) Examinations for promotions shall be among the members of the lower classifications or grades established for each department who desire to offer themselves for such examination. The regulations adopted for examination of applicants for promotion shall, as near as may be, follow the regulations governing the examination of applicants for original appointment. (2) The commission shall by its regulations prescribe the weight to be given to the recommendation of the appointing power touching the qualifications of the candidate for promotion, and where a record of fidelity and efficiency is regularly kept in good faith in any department the commission shall give it at least equal value with the record of examination for promotion.
OR Rev Stat § 241.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.250 - Register of eligibles; relative rank; striking of names; rules.

The commission shall prepare and keep a register for each grade and classification in the classified civil service of all persons whose general average standing upon examination for such grade or classification is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the commission, and who are otherwise eligible. Such persons shall take rank upon such register, as candidates, in the order of their relative excellence, as determined by examination and investigation. Candidates of equal standing shall take rank upon the register according to the order in which their applications are filed. The commission may, by rule, provide for striking candidates from the list after they have remained thereon for a specified time, and may limit the number of times the same candidate shall be certified to the appointing power.
OR Rev Stat § 241.255 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.255 - Vacancies filled by promotion if practicable.

The commission shall by regulations provide that wherever practicable vacancies shall be filled by promotion.
OR Rev Stat § 241.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.260 - Classified civil service vacancies; certification of candidates for vacancies.

Whenever there is a vacancy in any position in the classified civil service, the appointing power shall immediately notify the commission thereof. The commission shall thereupon certify to the appointing power the names and addresses of the three eligible candidates standing highest upon the register for the classification or grade to which such position belongs. If there are fewer than three, the commission shall certify all candidates upon the register. When vacancies exist in two or more positions of the same classification in the same department at the same time, the commission shall certify at least two candidates for each position, but those certified must be the eligible candidates standing highest upon the register. The appointing power may require the candidates so certified to come before the appointing power, and the appointing power may inspect their examination papers. The regulations for certification of applicants for promotion shall, as near as may be, follow the regulations governing the certification of applicants for original appointment. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §183]
OR Rev Stat § 241.265 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.265 - Probationary appointments; discharge during probation; effect of failure of promoted candidate to qualify.

(1) The appointing power shall appoint to each vacant position one of the candidates certified. The person so appointed shall be on probation for a period to be fixed by the regulations of the commission, not to exceed one year if the position is in the police department of the office of the sheriff, otherwise not to exceed six months. During probation the appointing power may discharge the probationer, and in like manner appoint another of such candidates, and so continue until all candidates have been appointed. The reasons, in each instance, for such discharge, shall be filed in writing with the commission. If the reasons are deemed insufficient by the commission, the discharged candidate shall, notwithstanding such discharge, retain the rank upon the eligible list. (2) When any person who has taken a promotional examination, and who has been appointed to a position in a higher classification or grade on probation, fails to qualify for the position in the higher classification or grade within the probationary period, the person shall not lose seniority in the lower classification or grade from which such promotion was made but shall return to employment and be reinstated in the position held by the person in such lower classification or grade. [Amended by 1965 c.186 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 241.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.270 - Waiver of appointment.

Any person on the eligible list may waive any appointment and in such event shall retain rank on the eligible list.
OR Rev Stat § 241.275 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.275 - Permanent appointments.

The appointing power must make permanent appointments from the list of candidates certified, unless, for reasons assigned in writing by the appointing power, the commission consents to and certifies a new list of candidates. If any probationer is not discharged during the period of probation, the appointment of the probationer shall be deemed permanent.
OR Rev Stat § 241.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.280 - Temporary appointments.

When there is no eligible list from which a position may be filled, the appointing power may, with the consent of the commission, fill such position by temporary appointment. A temporary appointment shall not continue for a longer period than three months, nor shall successive temporary appointments be made to the same position under this section without the previous consent of the commission. In no case shall any person hold a position under a temporary appointment for a period longer than six months without the unanimous consent of the commission. All temporary appointments caused by leaves of absence shall be made from the eligible list of the classified service.
OR Rev Stat § 241.285 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.285 - Emergency appointments; rules.

The commission shall establish rules and regulations under which emergency appointments may be made when those on the eligible list are not immediately available, and fix the time for which such emergency appointments shall be valid; provided, nothing contained in ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be construed to change, alter or impair the power of any officer, as provided by law, to command the assistance of the inhabitants of the county of the officer in serving or executing, or overcoming resistance to the service or execution of, any process, order or paper delivered to the officer for execution or service.
OR Rev Stat § 241.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.290 - Efficiency records.

(1) Records of individual efficiency of holders of positions under civil service shall be established and kept in all departments of the county government. The records shall be made by the appointing power, unless otherwise directed by the commission, and in accordance with such regulations as the commission may prescribe. Copies of the records shall be filed with the commission from time to time, as it may require. (2) The commission shall investigate all efficiency records and may make its own records, and shall rate upon such records the item of ascertained merit in examinations for promotion. The commission shall establish and enforce regulations under which records of unsatisfactory service may lead to reduction in grade and compensation and provide for the manner in which persons falling below the standards of efficiency fixed by its regulations may be removed, discharged or reduced in grade or compensation.
OR Rev Stat § 241.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.295 - Appointments and promotions to be made only as provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990.

No appointment or promotion to any position in the classified civil service of the county shall be made except in the manner provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
OR Rev Stat § 241.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.300 - Appointment of undersheriff, deputy undersheriff and administrative aide; reinstatement.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, any person under a civil service system employed in the office of the sheriff or registered on the eligible list is eligible for appointment as an undersheriff, deputy undersheriff or administrative aide to the sheriff. If the deputy sheriffs in the county are under civil service, only a deputy sheriff serving in the law enforcement department of the office of the sheriff is eligible for appointment as a deputy undersheriff. (2) Any person appointed undersheriff, deputy undersheriff or administrative aide to the sheriff, upon termination of such appointment, shall be reinstated in the person’s previous rank on the eligible list or in the person’s last held position at the salary rates prevailing for such positions on the date of resumption of duty, without loss of seniority or other employment rights and with service credit for the time served as undersheriff or deputy undersheriff. [1963 c.331 §11; 1981 c.48 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 241.405 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.405 - Leaves of absence.

(1) Leave of absence for not more than 30 days, without pay, and without the consent of the commission, may be granted by any appointing power to any person under civil service subject to the authority of the appointing power. The appointing power shall give immediate notice of such leave to the commission. Leaves of absence for longer periods shall not be granted except by express permission of the commission. (2) Leaves of absence without pay for at least two years shall be granted automatically to all regular employees who serve in the Peace Corps as volunteers. Upon expiration of the leave the employee shall have the right to be reinstated to the position held before the leave was granted and at the salary rates prevailing for such positions on the date of resumption of duty, without loss of seniority or other employment rights. Failure of the employee to report within 90 days after termination of service shall be cause for dismissal. [Amended by 1963 c.199 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 241.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.410 - Prohibition of transfer, reinstatement, suspension or dismissal contrary to ORS 241.016 to 241.990.

No person shall be reinstated in, or transferred, suspended or discharged from any position contrary to the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
OR Rev Stat § 241.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.415 - Transfers and reinstatement.

(1) The commission may authorize the transfer of any person legally holding one position to a similar position in the same classification or grade. The commission may provide for the reinstatement within one year of persons separated from positions in the civil service without fault or delinquency on their part, if within that time there is need for their services. (2) No transfer or reinstatement shall be made from a position in one classification or grade to a position in another classification or grade, nor shall a person be transferred to or reinstated in a position for entrance to which there is required by ORS 241.016 to 241.990 or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, an examination involving essential tests or qualifications different from or higher than those required for original appointment to the position held by such person.
OR Rev Stat § 241.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.420 - Suspensions.

Any appointing power may, without hearing or trial, preemptorily suspend any subordinate for cause for a reasonable period, not exceeding 30 days, with loss of salary or other compensation. No suspension shall be made except upon written charges served upon the accused and filed with the commission, with the privilege to the accused of serving upon the appointing power a written answer and explanation of such charges, and filing a copy of the same with the commission. No suspension made by any appointing power pursuant to this section shall be subject to review by the commission or any other tribunal. No appointing power may suspend the same subordinate more than twice, or for a total of more than 45 days, during any one year.
OR Rev Stat § 241.425 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.425 - Tenure; causes for dismissal.

The tenure of a person holding a position under the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall continue only during good behavior. Any person may be dismissed for any of the following causes: (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or inattention to or dereliction of duty. (2) Dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination or discourteous treatment of the public or of fellow employees. (3) Any other willful failure of good conduct tending to injure the public service. (4) Any willful violation of the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 or the rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
OR Rev Stat § 241.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.430 - Dismissal only for cause; written accusation.

No person in the classified civil service who has been permanently appointed under ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be dismissed except for cause, and only upon the written accusation of the appointing power or the commission. A written statement of the accusation, in general terms, shall be served upon the accused, and a duplicate filed with the commission.
OR Rev Stat § 241.435 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees|Section 241.435 - Necessity of a hearing prior to dismissal.

Employees may be dismissed without a previous hearing except that persons who have been employed in the county public service continuously for five or more years shall be dismissed only after a hearing before the accusing authority.