Chapter 485
2012 -- H 7189 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/25/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM
Introduced By: Representatives Gallison, Messier, Azzinaro, Fellela, and Martin
Date Introduced: January 18, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 36-4-19 of the General Laws in Chapter
36-4 entitled "Merit
System" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
36-4-19. Placement
of names on employment lists -- Listing of veterans. -- (a) The
names of all persons attaining the minimum final earned
rating established by the personnel
administrator shall be placed upon the employment list in the order
of their ratings; provided,
however, that there shall be added to the final earned
ratings of examinees who are veterans in
competitive tests for entrance into the classified service, but
not for promotion in the service, who
receive at least the minimum required final earned rating as
stated in the public notice, service
credits amounting to five (5) points for veterans or service
credits amounting to ten (10) points for
disabled veterans. On all employment lists, the letter
"V" shall be placed opposite the name of
each veteran as defined in chapter 3 of this title, who,
by reason of his or her final earned rating,
is entitled to have his or her name placed on an
employment list, and the letters "DV" shall be
placed opposite the name of each disabled veteran, as
defined in chapter 3 of this title, who, by
reason of his or her final earned rating is entitled to have
his or her name placed on the list.
(b) For purposes of
this section, a "veteran" shall be defined as any person who served
in
the military or naval service of the
naval service of the
7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946, or who
served in the military or naval service of the
United
States in the Korean conflict at any time during the period beginning June
27, 1950, and
ending January 31, 1955, or in the
August 5, 1964 and ending May 7, 1975, in the Taiwan
Straits Expeditionary Force at any time
from August 23, 1958, to January 1, 1959, or the
present, in the Panama Operations beginning December 20,
1989, to January 31, 1990, in the
Grenada Operations beginning October 23, 1983 to
November 21, 1983 in the
Operations beginning:
(1) July 1, 1958 to
November 1, 1958
(2) August 20, 1982
to May 31, 1983
(3) June 1, 1983 to
December 1987.
(b) For the purposes
of this section: (1) “War veteran” means any veteran of any conflict
war, undeclared war or contingency operation who has
earned a campaign ribbon or
expeditionary medal for his or her service, in these operations, as
noted on acceptable military
documentation. The war veteran must have been honorably or
generally discharged from the
armed forces of this nation.
(2) “Veteran” means
a person who served on active duty for other than training for a
period of more than thirty (30) days and was discharged or
released there from with other than a
dishonorable discharge; or was discharged or released from active
duty because of a service-
connected disability; or served as a member of the national
guard or reserve forces and served a
minimum of twenty (20) years of honorable service in the
national guard or reserve forces, has
received a certificate of retirement and has been honorably or
generally discharged from the
national guard or reserve forces.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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