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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.440 - Investigation of dismissal.

A dismissed employee may, within 10 days from the time of dismissal, file with the commission a written demand for an investigation. If the demand alleges, or if it otherwise appears to the commission, that the dismissal was made for political or religious reasons, or because of reasons of age as described in ORS chapter 659A, or was not made in good faith for cause, the commission shall conduct an investigation. The investigation shall be confined to the determination of the question of whether the dismissal was or was not made for political or religious reasons or because of reasons of age as described in ORS chapter 659A and was or was not made in good faith for cause. The burden of proof shall be upon the dismissed person. [Amended by 1959 c.689 §8; 1977 c.770 §7; 2001 c.621 §72]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.445 - Right of employee to public hearing and representation; limitations.

All investigations pursuant to ORS 241.440 shall be by public hearing, after reasonable notice to the accused of the time and place of such hearing. At the hearing the accused shall be afforded an opportunity of appearing in person and by counsel, and presenting the defense of the accused. However, the right of the accused to a public hearing and to representation by counsel shall not apply to any preliminary trial or hearing before the accusing authority.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.450 - Orders of commission on review of investigation.

After an investigation, the commission may affirm the dismissal or if it finds that the dismissal was made for political or religious reasons, or because of reasons of age as described in ORS chapter 659A, or was not made in good faith for cause, shall order the immediate reinstatement and reemployment of the employee in the position from which the employee was dismissed. Reinstatement shall be retroactive and entitle the dismissed employee to pay or compensation from the time of dismissal. The commission, upon investigation, in lieu of affirming the dismissal, may modify the order of dismissal, by directing a suspension without pay for a given period, and a subsequent restoration to duty, or a demotion in classification, grade or pay. The findings of the commission shall be certified in writing to the appointing power and forthwith enforced by the appointing power. [Amended by 1959 c.689 §9; 1977 c.400 §2; 1977 c.770 §8; 1993 c.778 §25; 2001 c.621 §73]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.460 - Orders appealable when not unanimous; issues on appeal limited.

(1) If the judgment or order made pursuant to ORS 241.450 is concurred in by only two members of the commission, the accused may appeal to the circuit court of the county.
(2) The appeal shall be taken by serving upon the commission, within 30 days after the date of the entry of such judgment or order, a written notice of appeal, stating the grounds thereof, and demanding that a certified transcript of the record and of all papers on file in the office of the commission affecting or relating to such judgment or order be filed by the commission with the court. The commission shall, within 10 days after the filing of such notice, make, certify and file such transcript with the court.
(3) The circuit court shall thereupon proceed to hear and determine such appeal in a summary manner, and its decision shall be final. The hearing shall be confined to the determination of whether the judgment or order of removal, discharge, demotion or suspension, made by the commission, was or was not made for political or religious reasons, or because of reasons of age as described in ORS chapter 659A, and was or was not made in good faith for cause. No appeal to such court shall be taken except upon such grounds. [Amended by 1959 c.689 §10; 1977 c.770 §9; 2001 c.621 §74]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.505 - Prohibited conduct generally.

No person shall:
(1) Alone or in cooperation with one or more persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect of the right of examination or registration of the person according to the regulations prescribed by the commission pursuant to ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
(2) Falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined, registered or certified pursuant to ORS 241.016 to 241.990, or aid in so doing, or make any false representation concerning the same, or concerning the person examined.
(3) Furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined, registered or certified, or to be examined, registered or certified.
(4) Impersonate any other person, or permit or aid in any manner any other person to impersonate the person, in connection with any examination or registrations, or application or request to be examined or registered.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.525 - Corrupt practices prohibited.

No public officer and no person who is nominated or seeks nomination or appointment for public office shall use, or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether then possessed or merely anticipated, in the way of conferring upon any person, or in order to secure or aid any person to secure, any office or appointment in the public service, or any nomination, confirmation or promotion, or increase of salary, on consideration that the vote, political influence or action of the last named person or any other shall be given or used in behalf of any candidate, officer or political party or association, or upon any other corrupt condition or consideration. No public officer or employee, or person having or claiming to have any authority or influence for or affecting the nomination, public employment, confirmation, promotion, removal or increase or decrease of salary of any public officer or employee, shall corruptly use, or promise or threaten to use, any such authority or influence, directly or indirectly, in order to coerce or persuade the political vote or action of any citizen, or the removal, discharge or promotion of any public officer or public employee, or upon any corrupt consideration. As used in this section, the phrase "public officer" includes all public officials within the county, whether paid directly or indirectly from the public treasury of the United States, the state or any civil division thereof, including counties and cities, and whether by fees or otherwise; and the phrase "public employee" includes every person not being an officer who is paid from any such treasury.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.530 - Limitations on recommendations of applicants.

(1) No recommendation, other than those allowed by the rules of the commission, in favor of any person who applies for any position under civil service, or for examination or registration under ORS 241.016 to 241.990, except as to residence, character, and, in case of former employees, as to ability, when a recommendation as to character or ability is specifically required by the rules, shall be given to or considered by any person concerned in making any examination, registration, appointment or promotion under ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
(2) No recommendation under ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall relate to the religious or political opinions, affiliations or services of any person. No appointment, change in or removal from, any position under ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be affected or influenced in any way by such opinions, affiliations or services.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.990 - Penalties; jurisdiction.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, willful violation of any of the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 is a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) Willful false swearing in any hearing or investigation before the commission, or designated commissioner, is perjury and punishable as such.
(3) Violation of ORS 241.525 is a Class A misdemeanor. In addition, if the person convicted is a public officer of the state or any civil division thereof, including counties and cities, the person shall be deprived of office. [Amended by 1983 c.740 §64; 2011 c.597 §173]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.050 - Civil service for employees of certain districts after annexation.

Whenever any rural fire protection, water or sanitary district becomes partially or wholly absorbed into a city which operates under a system of civil service for its employees, notwithstanding the civil service provisions of law or such city’s charter, the governing body of the city may, at its option, provide for inclusion of any or all the employees of the district as employees of the city under its civil service system with or without civil service examinations, in a manner determined by the exercise of the sound discretion of the governing body.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.320 - Definitions for ORS 242.310 to 242.640.

As used in ORS 242.310 to 242.640, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Assistant custodian" means any employee who works under the supervision of a custodian except those who:
(a) Work less than eight hours per day; or
(b) Work less than 12 months per year; or
(c) Receive an hourly rate of pay.
(2) "Board" means a civil service board created pursuant to ORS 242.330.
(3) "Custodian" means an employee of the school district who has supervision of property, keeping it in sanitary condition and tending to the cleaning and operation of heating plants and other necessary work by way of care and labor to keep the physical plants of the school board in maintenance and operation. [Amended by 1969 c.262 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.330 - Civil service board.

(1) In all school districts having a population of 475,000 or more persons according to the last federal census, there is created a civil service board with jurisdiction over the appointment, employment, classification and discharge of custodians and assistant custodians in the employ of the school district.
(2) The board shall be composed of three commissioners. An alternate for each commissioner may be appointed to serve in the commissioner’s absence. The commissioners and alternates shall be appointed by the school board of the district. [Amended by 1969 c.262 §2; 1975 c.770 §42; 1979 c.738 §1; 2023 c.437 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.340 - Qualifications of commissioners.

To be eligible for appointment to the board, a commissioner shall:
(1) Be a resident of Oregon.
(2) Be known to be devoted to the principles of civil service.
(3) Not be a member or employee of the school board. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.350 - Terms and compensation of commissioners.

(1) Initial appointments of the commissioners shall be as follows: One for two years, one for four years and one for six years. Thereafter each appointment shall be for a term of six years.
(2) The commissioners shall serve without compensation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.360 - Removal and vacancies.

(1) The school board may remove any commissioner for just cause at any time.
(2) In the event of removal or of a vacancy caused by death or resignation, the vacancy shall be filled by the school board. Such appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the commissioner whose place is vacated. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.370 - Secretary; duties; salary.

The civil service board shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep a record of its proceedings, preserve all reports made to it, superintend and keep a record of all assessments held under its direction and perform such other duties as it may prescribe. The secretary shall hold office during the pleasure of the board, and shall receive a salary of not less than $50 per month, to be paid by the school district. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.380 - Offices and clerical help.

The school board shall provide the civil service board with suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations and cause the same to be furnished, heated, lighted and supplied with all office supplies and equipment necessary to carry on the business of the board. The school board also shall provide the civil service board with such other clerical assistance as may be necessary.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.390 - Rules.

The civil service board may make appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the Custodians’ Civil Service Law. The rules shall provide in detail the manner in which assessments are to be held and appointments and removals made. The board may, from time to time, change its rules. Any rules or regulations shall be printed for distribution by the board, and 10 days’ notice of same must be given by publication in a daily newspaper printed in the district not less than 10 days before the rules or regulations go into effect. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.400 - Annual report; roster of employees.

The board shall, on or before January 1 of each year, make a report to the school board of the district, showing its rules in force and the practical effect thereof, and any suggestions it may have for a more effective accomplishment of classified civil service. The board shall also provide a roster for all employees under the Custodians’ Civil Service Law and make such other reports and recommendations as it deems advisable.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.410 - Records preserved; open to public.

The board shall keep on file all documents related to an assessment held by the board for a period of at least five years and all other papers and documents and communications received by it. All records shall be public and, as such, accessible at convenient times. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.420 - Investigations; oaths; subpoenas; examination of books, papers and records.

The board may make any appropriate investigation to carry out the purposes of the Custodians’ Civil Service Law. In connection therewith, any member of the board may administer oaths, issue subpoenas to witnesses and compel their attendance at assessments, and examine books, papers and records and compel their production by witnesses in the same manner as if the subpoenas had been issued from a court of record in this state. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.510 - Classified service.

The civil service board shall classify, with relation to the character of work and the compensation attached thereto, all positions in the service of the school board within the district including those under the supervision of a custodian except those described in ORS 242.320 (1)(a), (b) or (c). The positions so classified shall constitute the classified civil service of the school district. [Amended by 1979 c.738 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.520 - Merit system to be observed.

(1) No appointment or promotion to any position shall be made except as provided in the Custodians’ Civil Service Law. All appointments to beginning employment positions in the classified civil service shall be made according to fitness, to be ascertained by open competitive assessments. All promotions in the classified civil service shall be made according to merit in service, fidelity in service and seniority in service.
(2) No person shall be appointed or employed by a school board under any title not appropriate to the duties to be performed.
(3) The appointing authority shall immediately notify the board of any appointment or discharge. [Amended by 1969 c.262 §3; 2023 c.437 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.530 - Competitive assessments; assessors.

The board shall, from time to time, hold public competitive assessments to ascertain the fitness of applicants for beginning employment positions of the classified civil service. The board shall control those assessments and may designate any person to act as assessor without compensation. [Amended by 1969 c.262 §4; 2023 c.437 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.540 - Character of assessments.

Assessments shall be practical in character and relate only to those matters that consider the relative fitness of the persons assessed to discharge the duties for the respective positions for which they are applicants. The assessments must consider professional skill, prior experience and bona fide factors that are related to the position. Nothing relating to an applicant’s political or religious opinion or affiliation shall be asked or given. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.550 - Evidence of fitness for appointment.

Subject to rules adopted by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS 181A.215, the civil service board may require an applicant for a custodial position to furnish evidence satisfactory to the board of good character and such other evidence as the civil service board deems necessary to establish the applicant’s fitness. [Amended by 1969 c.262 §5; 1979 c.738 §3; 1979 c.744 §11; 2015 c.758 §14; 2023 c.437 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.560 - Register of eligible candidates; ranking; rules.

(1) The board shall prepare and keep a register for each grade or class of positions of the persons whose average standing, upon assessment for such grade or class, is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the board, and who otherwise are eligible. Such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates for beginning employment positions in order of their relative excellence, as determined by the assessment. Candidates of equal standing shall take rank upon the register according to the order in which their applications are filed. The board may, by rule, provide for striking candidates from the register, after they have remained thereon for a specified time.
(2) The board shall prepare and keep a register for each grade or class of positions of the persons eligible for promotion. Such register shall contain information concerning merit in service, fidelity in service and seniority in service. Such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates for promotion in order of their relative excellence, as determined by merit in service, fidelity in service and seniority in service. Candidates of equal standing shall take rank upon the register according to the order in which their applications are filed. [Amended by 1969 c.262 §6; 2023 c.437 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.570 - Certification of candidates for vacancies; rules.

(1) Whenever there is a vacancy in any position in the classified civil service, the school board, or its designated representative, immediately shall notify the civil service board thereof.
(2) The civil service board thereupon shall certify to the appointing authority the names and addresses of the three eligible candidates standing highest upon the register for the class or grade to which such position belongs. If there are fewer than three, the board shall certify all remaining candidates upon the register. When vacancies exist in two or more positions of the same class in the same department at the same time, the board may certify a smaller number than three candidates for each position, but those certified must be eligible candidates standing highest upon the register.
(3) The board may, by rule, limit the number of times the same candidate is certified to the appointing authorities.
(4) The appointing authority may require the candidates certified to come before the appointing authority for interview. When the candidates are applicants for beginning employment, the appointing authority shall be entitled to inspect the candidates’ assessment-related documents. [Amended by 1969 c.262 §7; 2005 c.22 §184; 2023 c.437 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.580 - Probation.

Each person appointed to a vacant position shall be on probation for a period of one year from the date of hire. Within that time the person may be discharged and another candidate appointed in like manner. [Amended by 1979 c.738 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.590 - Permanent appointments.

(1) The appointing authority must make a permanent appointment from the list of candidates certified by the board, unless, upon reasons signed in writing by the appointing authority, the board consents to and certifies a new list of candidates. If a person on probation is not dismissed during the probationary period the appointment is deemed permanent.
(2) All persons employed as custodians and assistant custodians in a school district on the date the Custodians’ Civil Service Law becomes effective as to such school district shall be permanent employees without assessment and shall be so appointed by the board. [Amended by 2023 c.437 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.610 - Suspension; reappointment.

Any appointing authority of the school district may suspend any person within the classified service for any cause for a period of not exceeding 30 days. If any employee in the classified service is suspended by reason of the closing of a school or lack of work to be done, the employee again shall be placed on the eligible list of the civil service board and shall have the first preference in the filling of any vacancy and shall be appointed according to seniority. If the school board opens any closed school, the employees employed in the building shall have first preference to their previous place of appointment.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.620 - Dismissal.

No employee in the classified civil service who has been permanently appointed, shall be dismissed except for cause. A written statement of the cause of dismissal, in general terms, shall be served upon the dismissed employee and a duplicate filed with the board. A dismissal may be made without any hearing but any employee so removed may, within 10 days thereafter, file with the board a written demand for investigation. If the demand alleges, or it otherwise appears to the board, that the discharge or removal was for political or religious reasons, or for reasons of age as described in ORS chapter 659A, or was because of personal favoritism or was not in good faith nor for the purpose of improving the public service, an investigation shall be held by the board or by persons appointed by them and under their direction. [Amended by 1959 c.689 §11; 1977 c.770 §10; 2001 c.621 §75]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.630 - Investigation; findings; appeal.

(1) The investigation pursuant to ORS 242.620 shall be confined to determining whether the dismissal was or was not for political or religious reasons, or because of reasons of age as described in ORS chapter 659A, or was not made in good faith for the purpose of improving public service.
(2) If the board finds that the employee is entitled to reinstatement, it shall report its findings in writing to the school board, whereupon the employee shall be reinstated.
(3) If the board finds that the employee was properly discharged, the employee shall have a right of appeal from the board’s decision to the circuit court for the county in which the district lies. Appeals shall be perfected by service of notice of appeal upon the secretaries of the civil service board and school board, together with a copy of the decision of the civil service board certified to be a correct copy by the secretary thereof, whereupon the same shall be filed with the clerk of the court. [Amended by 1959 c.689 §12; 1977 c.400 §3; 1977 c.770 §11; 1993 c.778 §26; 2001 c.621 §76]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 242 - Civil Service for City or School District Employees and Firefighters › Section 242.635 - Board approval necessary for eligibility after dismissal; requirements for approval.

An employee in the classified civil service who has been duly dismissed for cause shall not be eligible for an assessment for appointment without the approval of the civil service board. Approval shall not be granted unless the board on evidence presented by applicant finds that the condition resulting in dismissal has been corrected and is unlikely to recur. [1979 c.738 §6; 2023 c.437 §15]