KRS 95.442: Authorization for civil service commission in city with population of 8,000

or more -- Rights of employee accepting management position.

Any city with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the

most recent federal dec ennial census, may elect to operate under KRS 90.310 to 90.410,

and, by ordinance, create a civil service commission. Any classified employee in the

police or fire department who accepts an appointment and qualifies as chief of police,

assistant chief of p olice, chief of firefighters, or assistant chief of firefighters shall be

deemed to have received a leave of absence from the classified service for, and during the

incumbency of, any of those respective positions. If an individual should cease to serve in

any of those positions, there shall be restored to him or her the same classification and

rank which he or she held prior to his or her appointment.