1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; defining the 
  1.3             department's classified service under a merged Saint 
  1.4             Paul and Ramsey county department of public health; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 383A.288, 
  1.6             subdivisions 3 and 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 383A.288, 
  1.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPETITIVE OPEN EXAMINATIONS.] 
  1.11  (a) Competitive open examinations shall, upon public notice, be 
  1.12  open to all applicants who meet reasonable job related 
  1.13  requirements fixed by the personnel department. 
  1.14     (b) Employees in the classified service with permanent 
  1.15  tenure who pass an open competitive examination shall have added 
  1.16  to their final examination score one point for each year of 
  1.17  permanent tenure up to a maximum of ten points.  This credit 
  1.18  shall not be used for examinations for supervisory 
  1.19  positions.  During the term of any joint powers agreement 
  1.20  between the city of Saint Paul and Ramsey county joining the 
  1.21  city of Saint Paul public health department and the Ramsey 
  1.22  county public health department into the Saint Paul-Ramsey 
  1.23  county department of public health under the direction of Ramsey 
  1.24  county, classified employees of the city of Saint Paul public 
  1.25  health department, who pass an open competitive examination will 
  1.26  have added to their final examination score one point for each 
  2.1   year of permanent tenure in the classified service of the city 
  2.2   of Saint Paul, up to a maximum of ten points, in open 
  2.3   competitive examinations to fill vacancies in county positions 
  2.4   only in the combined Saint Paul-Ramsey county department of 
  2.5   public health. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 383A.288, 
  2.7   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.8      Subd. 4.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPETITIVE PROMOTIONAL 
  2.9   EXAMINATIONS.] Competitive promotional examinations shall be 
  2.10  open only to permanent and probationary employees of the 
  2.11  classified service.  The personnel department may limit 
  2.12  competition to employees of one or more departments, or to 
  2.13  employees meeting specified employment requirements.  During the 
  2.14  term of any joint powers agreement between the city of Saint 
  2.15  Paul and Ramsey county joining the city of Saint Paul public 
  2.16  health department and the Ramsey county public health department 
  2.17  into the Saint Paul-Ramsey county department of public health 
  2.18  under the direction of Ramsey county, classified employees of 
  2.19  the city of Saint Paul public health department and classified 
  2.20  employees of Ramsey county public health department must be 
  2.21  considered as employees of the classified service of a single 
  2.22  Ramsey county department for the purpose of this subdivision.