HF 1712

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; changing the probationary 
  1.3             period for new firefighters under the firefighters' 
  1.4             civil service commissions; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1996, section 420.08. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 420.08, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      420.08 [REMOVAL OR DISCHARGE.] 
  1.10     No officer or employee, except for a newly appointed 
  1.11  firefighter, after six months' continuous employment shall be 
  1.12  removed or discharged except for cause, upon written charges and 
  1.13  after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in 
  1.14  this chapter hereinafter provided.  No newly appointed 
  1.15  firefighter, after satisfactory completion of basic firefighter 
  1.16  I and II training courses and state certification, and after a 
  1.17  period of no longer than 12 months' continuous employment 
  1.18  thereafter, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon 
  1.19  written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense 
  1.20  of the charges as provided in this chapter.  Such charges shall 
  1.21  be investigated by or before such civil service commission.  The 
  1.22  findings and decision of such commission shall be forthwith 
  1.23  certified to the chief or other appointing or superior officer, 
  1.24  and will be forthwith enforced by such officer.  Nothing in this 
  1.25  chapter shall limit the power of any officer to suspend a 
  2.1   subordinate for a reasonable period not exceeding 60 days for 
  2.2   the purpose of discipline, or pending investigation of charges 
  2.3   when the officer deems such suspension advisable.