2007 Minnesota Statutes

383C.041 CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR; TESTS.
The civil service director shall, from time to time, as conditions warrant, hold tests for the
purpose of establishing employment lists for the various positions in the classified service. Such
tests shall be public, competitive and open to all persons who may be lawfully appointed to any
position within the class for which such examinations are held with limitations specified in the
rules of the commission as to residence, age, health, habits, moral character and prerequisite
qualifications to perform the duties of such positions. Promotion tests shall be competitive to such
persons examined or appointed under the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 and who
have completed the probationary period in a class or rank previously declared by the commission
to involve the performance of duties which tend to fit the incumbent to the performance of duty in
the class or rank for which the promotion test is held. In promotion tests, efficiency in service
shall form part of such tests. The civil service director shall hold promotion tests for each superior
class of service whenever there is an inferior rank in the same class, the duties of which directly
tend to fit the incumbents thereof for the performance of the duties of the superior grade. If fewer
than two persons submit themselves for a promotion test, or if after such test is held all applicants
fail to attain a general average of not less than the minimum standard fixed by the rules of the
county civil service commission, the director shall forthwith hold an original entrance test and
certify from the employment list resulting therefrom.
All tests shall be practical, and shall consist only of subjects which will fairly determine
the capacity of the persons examined to perform the duties of the class of work for which the
examination is being conducted, and may include tests of physical fitness or of manual skill. No
credit shall be allowed for service rendered under provisional appointment. No question in any
test shall relate to religious or political opinions or affiliations. As many tests shall be held as may
be necessary to provide eligibles for each class of position, and to meet all requisitions and to fill
all positions held by provisional appointees. From the return and report of the examiners or from
the tests provided by the civil service director, the director shall prepare a list of eligible persons
who shall attain such minimum mark as may be fixed for the various parts of such test, and whose
general average standing upon the test for such position is not less than the minimum fixed by the
rules of the commission, and who may lawfully be appointed. Such persons shall take rank upon
the list in the order of their relative excellence as determined by the tests. The markings of all
tests shall be completed and the resulting employment list posted as soon as possible thereafter.
The life of any eligibility list shall not exceed one year but may be extended an additional year
by motion of the civil service commission.
The markings and test papers of each candidate shall be open to the candidate's inspection.
The markings and test papers of all persons upon any list of eligibles may be opened to public
inspection in the discretion of the county civil service commission. An error in the markings of
any test other than an error in judgment, if called to the attention of the commission within one
month after the establishment of an employment list resulting from such test, shall be corrected by
it; provided, however, that such correction shall not invalidate any certification or appointment
previously made. Public notice of each examination shall be given.
History: 1941 c 423 s 12; 1986 c 444