CHAPTER 4. Civil Service System [12051. - 12167.]
Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
§§ 12051–12167 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. Establishment §§ 12051–12055 · 5 sections
- § 12051 The general manager shall adopt a civil service system for the selection, examination, employment, classification, advancement, suspension, and discharge of…
- § 12052 The general manager shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the civil service provisions of this division and may from time to time…
- § 12053 The rules and regulations or any proposed amendments thereto shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the…
- § 12054 The civil service provisions of this chapter do not apply to any district until such time as it has operated, controlled, or used works or parts of works for…
- § 12055 The “district civil service” includes every employee of the district except all of the following: (a) Officers elected by the people. (b) Officers, assistant…
ARTICLE 2. Appointments §§ 12101–12104 · 5 sections
- § 12101 All appointments under the civil service system shall be made for the good of the public service and solely on the basis of integrity, character, merit,…
- § 12102 (a) When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the department or division head, the general manager may make a…
- § 12102.1 When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the department or division head, the general manager of a district which…
- § 12103 The general manager may make appointments to higher positions exclusively promotional by tests from lower ranks.
- § 12104 Every appointee to a permanent position shall be on probation for six months, except that the general manager may establish a probationary period for up to 12…
ARTICLE 3. Blanketing-In §§ 12131–12134 · 4 sections
- § 12131 The incumbents of permanent positions who have held such positions for a period of at least six months continuously next preceding the time that a civil…
- § 12132 Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, whether by proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise,…
- § 12133 If a civil service system is adopted for a district during the period of a leave of absence granted under Section 395.4 of the Military and Veterans Code or…
- § 12134 Whenever a district acquires existing facilities from a public utility, whether by proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, any officer or employee of the…
ARTICLE 4. Discipline §§ 12161–12167 · 7 sections
- § 12161 No person employed under civil service provisions of this division or of any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in a permanent position shall be…
- § 12162 Removal or discharge may be made for any of the following causes: incompetence, habitual intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment…
- § 12163 The department or division head may for disciplinary purposes suspend a subordinate for a period of not exceeding 15 days and suspension shall carry with it a…
- § 12164 Within five days after the mailing of written notice of removal, discharge, or suspension, any employee may file a written request with the general manager for…
- § 12165 When such request is made the general manager shall immediately appoint from officers or assistant officers of the district (other than elected officials), or…
- § 12166 The committee shall examine into the case and make such decision as it deems just and may among other things order the employee discharged, suspended, or…
- § 12167 Nothing in the civil service provisions of this division deprives any person of his rights and remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction.