CHAPTER 177

H.P. 1073 - L.D. 1468

An Act To Amend the Civil Service Law with Respect to

Classified Employees Who Accept Appointment to the

Unclassified Service

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §7064, as amended by PL 1987, c. 402, Pt. B, §10, is further amended to read:

§7064. Filling of positions

Positions in the classified service shall must be filled by original appointment, promotion, transfer, reinstatement or demotion in accordance with policies and procedures developed by the director, with advice from the board. These policies and procedures shall must provide for the direct hire of positions in the classified service where appropriate.

1. Objective. In developing policies and procedures for filling positions, the director and board shall must be guided by the principle of filling each position as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. The director shall strive to fill each position in 30 days and no later than 45 days from the date a request to fill a position has been received from a state agency.

2. Eligibility of unclassified employees for classified service. In addition to any other provisions in this chapter, unclassified employees listed in section 931, subsection 1, paragraph H, and other unclassified employees, except those cited in section 931, subsection 1, paragraphs A to G, and paragraphs I and J, and in sections 932 to 953, shall be are eligible for