SB 339

Currently, whenever a vacancy occurs in a position in the classified service of

the state civil service system that is determined by the administrator of the Division

of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Office of State Employment Relations to

be a nonprofessional or an entry professional position, the appointing authority may

appoint a disabled veteran on a noncompetitive basis if all of the following occur: the

disabled veteran has served in the U.S. armed forces and is included on a U.S. armed

forces permanent disability list with a disability rating of at least 30 percent or the

disabled veteran has been rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as

having a compensable service-connected disability of at least 30 percent; the

disabled veteran presents to the appointing authority written documentation from

an appropriate department of the federal government certifying the existence and

extent of the disability; and the appointing authority determines that the disabled

veteran is qualified to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.

This bill provides that this noncompetitive appointment program for disabled

veterans applies to all positions in the classified service of the state civil service

system.