§ 21-31-17. Adoption and induction of incumbents into civil service
For the benefit of the public service and to prevent delay, injury, or interruption therein by reason of the enactment of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27, all persons holding a position in the fire and/or police departments, including the chief thereof, of any such municipality coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27, who shall […]
§ 21-31-19. Appointments and lay-offs
The civil service commission shall keep a list of all members of the said police and/or fire department, and formulate methods of determining the relative qualifications of persons seeking employment in either department, and give preference to those having the best qualifications. The commission shall provide that men laid off because of curtailment of expenditures, […]
§ 21-31-21. Tenure of office and grounds for discipline
The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall be only during good behavior. Any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges, or any combination thereof, for […]
§ 21-31-23. Removal, suspension, demotion, and discharge
No person in the classified civil service who shall have been permanently appointed or inducted into civil service under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27, except for such persons as may be employed to fill a vacancy caused by the absence of a fireman or policeman while in service as a member of the […]
§ 21-31-1. Adoption of civil service system mandated in certain municipalities
A civil service commission is created in every municipality described in subsection (2) which has a full paid fire and police department. The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to: Any municipality, operating under a commission form of government, and having a population of not less than fourteen thousand (14,000), according to […]
§ 21-31-3. Adoption of civil service system authorized in certain municipalities
The governing authorities of any municipality in which there is located a port of entry, in any county which has created a county port authority, may, in their discretion and by ordinance, extend the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 to all full-paid employees in all departments of such municipality.
§ 21-31-5. Appointment and removal, qualifications, and term of office of commissioners
The members of the civil service commission shall be appointed by the city commission, shall be three (3) in number, and shall serve without compensation; however, the governing authorities of any municipality, in their discretion, may pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month […]