{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-90.320","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 90.320","heading":"Examinations -- Certifications -- Preference points -- Eligible list.","body":"(1) The civil service commission shall prescribe and propound such examinations as\nare proper, commensurate with vacant positions within the various departments of\nthe city, according to classification prescribed by ordinance, shall set such times and\nplaces for holding examinations as may be proper and shall give public notice of\nexaminations by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.\n(2) The civil service commission shall, as soon after examinations as is practicable,\ncertify to the mayor or other appointing  authority a list of the applicants so\nexamined, with the one (1) having the highest average ranked first and all others\nranked numerically according to the result of the examination.\n(3) Any honorably discharged soldier, sailor, marine, member of the Air Force, or\nmember of any other branch of the military service who was inducted into that\nservice through voluntary or involuntary enlistment, and who is an applicant for any\nmunicipal civil service position, and a registered voter of that municipality, shal l be\nentitled to a five percent (5%) increase on his examination score. Any Red Cross\nnurse who served during the period of hostilities between the United States and the\nCentral Powers in World War I and between the United States and Japan and\nGermany in World War II, and who is a registered voter of that municipality, shall\nbe entitled to the same percentages. Such percentages shall be added to examination\nscores only if the score is determined by the civil service commission to be a\npassing score and after verification of the required service.\n(4) The civil service commission of cities shall maintain an eligible list of not less than\nthree (3) for each position to be filled.\n(5) The appointing authority may designate certain civil service positions and pre scribe\nthat for such positions the examinations shall first be given exclusively to current\nemployees; provided, however, that if less than three (3) employees with a\nminimum of two (2) years seniority achieve a passing grade, the examination shall\nbe held in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 90"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43665","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:47Z","sha256":"dc6ec719b29e4400208e3aac1c6a5063a844f858b2c431d34fe4d870e202406c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-90.310","next":"us-ky/krs-90.330"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}