Oregon Statutes - Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees

241.002 Creating or changing county civil service by election; definitions.
(1) If the majority of electors of any county voting at a regular general election pursuant to ORS 241.006 approve a proposal to establish, substitute...
241.004 ORS 241.002 to 241.009 not exclusive method for approval of system.
ORS 241.002 to 241.009 shall not be construed to be an exclusive method by which counties may approve a system of civil service for county...
241.005 [Amended by 1953 c.696 §5; 1959 c.315 §1; renumbered 241.020]
241.006 Submitting proposals relating to county civil service.
At any general election, if a county does not have in operation a system of civil service for all county employees or if an existing...
241.008 [1959 c.315 §4; 1979 c.190 §409; repealed by 1983 c.350 §60 (241.009 enacted in lieu of 241.008 and 241.012)]
241.009 Initiative or referendum; election procedure.
(1) A proposal under ORS 241.006 may be submitted to the electors of the county: (a) By the initiative procedure; or (b) By referral to...
241.010 [Amended by 1953 c.696 §5; 1959 c.252 §44; renumbered 241.025]
241.012 [1959 c.315 §5; repealed by 1983 c.350 §60 (241.009 enacted in lieu of 241.008 and 241.012)]
241.015 [1953 c.696 §4; renumbered 241.030]
241.016 Definitions for ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
As used in ORS 241.016 to 241.990, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Appointing power� includes every person or group of persons who, acting singly...
241.020 Counties subject to ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
Except as provided in ORS 241.002 the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 apply to all counties of this state having a population of 500,000...
241.025 Positions subject to civil service; exceptions.
All appointees to positions in the public service of the county are subject to civil service, except the following: (1) Any officer chosen by popular...
241.030 [Formerly 241.015; 1961 c.135 §2; repealed by 1983 c.310 §21]
241.055 Construction of ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be liberally construed so that its intent and purposes may be given effect.
241.060 [Renumbered 241.016 in 2005]
241.065 County civil service commission; members; compensation.
There is created in each county subject to ORS 241.016 to 241.990 a civil service commission composed of three members appointed by the board of...
241.070 Qualifications of commissioners.
No person shall be appointed a member of the commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of the county for...
241.075 Term of office and removal of commissioners.
(1) The term of office of each commissioner is six years with the term of one commissioner expiring every two years. (2) Any commissioner may...
241.080 Quorum.
Two members of the commission shall constitute a quorum and, except in matters requiring the unanimous consent of the commission, as provided in ORS 241.016...
241.085 Secretary of commission.
The commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep records of its proceedings, preserve all reports made to it, superintend and keep a record of...
241.090 Offices and clerical help for commission.
The board of county commissioners shall provide the commission with suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations at the county courthouse, and cause the same to...
241.095 Officers and employees to assist commission.
All county officers and employees of the county shall aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and...
241.100 Legal representation of commission.
The district attorney of the county shall be the legal adviser of the commission and shall prosecute all violations of ORS 241.016 to 241.990. However,...
241.105 Preservation and destruction of records and examinations; public records.
(1) The commission shall keep on file all examination papers and their markings and all other papers, documents and communications received by it. All such...
241.110 Rules of commission; notice.
(1) The commission shall make suitable regulations, not inconsistent with ORS 241.016 to 241.990, to carry out the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990. The...
241.115 Notice by publication.
All publications required to be made pursuant to ORS 241.110 and elsewhere in ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be made in a newspaper which is...
241.120 Investigation and inspection by commission.
The commission shall make investigations concerning, and report upon all matters touching, the enforcement and effect of the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and...
241.125 Compelling attendance of witnesses and production of documents.
(1) In the course of an investigation, the commission, or designated commissioner, may administer oaths, subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production...
241.130 Depositions of witnesses.
The commission, or designated commissioner, may, in any investigation or hearing, cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken...
241.135 Conduct of hearings and investigations; rules.
All hearings and investigations before the commission, or designated commissioner, shall be governed by ORS 241.016 to 241.990 and by rules of practice and procedure...
241.140 Conclusiveness of orders, decisions, rules or regulations; necessity for unanimity.
No informality in any proceeding or hearing, or in the manner of taking testimony before the commission, or designated commissioner, shall invalidate any order, decision,...
241.145 Witness fees.
Any person served with a subpoena requiring attendance before the commission, or any commissioner, shall be entitled to the fees and mileage as are allowed...
241.150 Reports of appointments and separations.
Each appointing power shall: (1) Report to the commission forthwith upon each appointment the name of the appointee, the title or character of the position...
241.155 Official roster.
The commission shall keep in its office an official roster of all persons holding positions under the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and shall...
241.160 [Repealed by 1983 c.310 §21]
241.165 [Repealed by 1983 c.310 §21]
241.205 Basis of appointment and promotion generally.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990, the appointment and promotion of all persons to or in all positions subject to the...
241.210 Board of county commissioners to control creation of positions and fixing of compensation.
All positions subject to civil service in the county shall be created by the board of county commissioners and the board is authorized to fix...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
241.255 Vacancies filled by promotion if practicable.
The commission shall by regulations provide that wherever practicable vacancies shall be filled by promotion.
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...
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...
241.270 Waiver of appointment.
Any person on the eligible list may waive any appointment and in such event shall retain rank on the eligible list.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
241.300 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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
241.435 Necessity of a hearing prior to dismissal.
Employees may be dismissed without a previous hearing except that persons who have been employed in the county public service continuously for five or more...
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...
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....
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...
241.455 Order is final if unanimous.
No final judgment or order of removal, discharge, suspension or demotion made with the unanimous consent of the commission pursuant to ORS 241.450 shall be...
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...
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...
241.510 [Repealed by 1967 c.630 §5]
241.515 [Repealed by 1967 c.630 §5]
241.520 [Repealed by 1967 c.630 §5]
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...
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...
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 misdemeanor and, upon...

Last modified: August 7, 2008