KRS 98.370: Personnel -- Civil service.

The personnel of the department, except the director of welfare and his private secretary,

shall be in the classified service from the date of the establishment of the department; and

until such time as the county has an appropriate civil service facility, the positions and

places of employment shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the civil service board of the

first-class city contained in such county, and shall be governed by and made subject to the

provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, with the exceptio n of KRS 90.210. Insofar as

practicable, and as may be provided for in any agreements executed in pursuance of KRS

98.300 to 98.390, all employees holding positions in the classified civil service, who have

been appointed on the basis of a competitive exam ination and whose duties are

transferred or may be transferred to the county department of welfare, shall be utilized for

duties of a similar character and in the same class by the appointing authority. Persons not

in the classified service, upon transfer, shall be included in the classified service

hereunder and shall be considered as having satisfied all the requirements for obtaining

original appointments and having completed their probationary periods of employment in

the same or similar class or positi on held at the time of their transfer. The employees of

any local public welfare department or agency administered by the department under KRS

98.330 and 98.340 shall be, insofar as it is economical and as may be provided in any

agreements executed in pursuance of KRS 98.300 to 98.390, retained as employees of the

department and become subject to the laws, rules and regulations of the classified service,

as are other employees of the department. This section shall not be construed to compel

the appointment of more employees than are necessary to perform properly the duties of

the department nor as applying to persons employed less than six (6) months prior to their

transfer to the department.