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2000 SESSION

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SB 214 Veterans for employment with the Commonwealth.

Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Personnel administration; preference for veterans for employment with the Commonwealth. Provides for a preference for veterans who apply for employment with the Commonwealth and requires that such preference be applied in a manner consistent with federal and state law. Under the bill, intentional violation of the veteran’s preference constitutes malfeasance in office subjecting the officer responsible for the violation to suspension or removal from office. In addition, the bill provides that if a reduction in force is necessary in a state agency and personnel are discharged according to seniority, the number of years of service of any veteran shall be determined by adding that veteran’s total years of service in state government service to his total years of service as a member of the armed forces of the United States.

The bill also provides for a veteran who has been denied employment with the Commonwealth to file a complaint with the Director of the Department of Personnel and Training and gives such veteran standing to file an action in general district or circuit court based on an alleged failure to comply with the veteran’s preference provisions. The bill further requires the Department to develop personnel policies relating to the implementation of the veteran’s preference including (i) allowing any veteran who has been denied employment with the Commonwealth to file a complaint with the Department within 60 days of the denial and (ii) providing for the Department to investigate and attempt resolution of all such complaints within 60 days of receipt.

"Veteran" is defined as any person who has received an honorable discharge and (i) has provided more than 180 consecutive days of full-time, active-duty service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, or reserve components thereof, including the National Guard, or (ii) has a service-connected disability rating fixed by the United States Veterans Administration.


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