MCL - Act 78 of 1935
AN ACT to establish and provide a board of civil service commissioners in cities, villages, and municipalities having full-time paid members in the fire or police departments, or both; to provide a civil service system based upon examination and investigation as to merit, efficiency, and fitness for appointment, employment, and promotion of all full-time paid members appointed in the fire and police departments and respective cities, villages, and municipalities; to regulate the transfer, reinstatement, suspension, and discharge of officers, fire fighters, and police officers; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
History: 1935, Act 78, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1935
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Am. 1945, Act 287, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1945
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Am. 1951, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
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Am. 1986, Act 155, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1986
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Am. 1998, Act 199, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Popular Name: Police and Fire Civil Service Act
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 38.501 | Section | Fire and police department civil service commissions; creation. |
| Section 38.502 | Section | Civil service commission; membership, appointment, terms; election of president. |
| Section 38.503 | Section | Civil service commission; members, qualifications. |
| Section 38.504 | Section | Civil service commission; vacancies, removal, petition, hearing. |
| Section 38.505 | Section | Civil service commission; clerk. |
| Section 38.506 | Section | Fire and police civil service; eligibility for permanent appointment. |
| Section 38.507 | Section | Appointments and promotions; competitive examinations; provisions applicable to appointment, reinstatement, promotion, or discharge; applicability of section. |
| Section 38.508 | Section | Civil service commission; assistance by municipal executive officers; printing, supplies. |
| Section 38.509 | Section | Civil service commission; powers and duties. |
| Section 38.510 | Section | Application for examination; filing; contents; forms; refusal to examine or certify applicant; public hearing for aggrieved applicant; review; testimony; decision; physical examination; certification; age requirement; reinstatement or reappointment; rank. |
| Section 38.510a | Section | Repealed. 1986, Act 155, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1986. |
| Section 38.511 | Section | Rules for examinations; minimum passing grade; notice and distribution of rules; probationary period; final appointment; hearing; procedure for filling position or vacancy; temporary appointments; special examinations; “appointing officer” defined. |
| Section 38.512 | Section | Examinations; nature; contents; notice; commencement of examination for promotion; eligible list; discrimination prohibited; competitive vacancies filled by promotions; probationary period; hearing. |
| Section 38.513 | Section | Reduction in pay, suspension or discharge; discrimination prohibited; hearing by civil service commission. |
| Section 38.514 | Section | Tenure; grounds for removal, discharge, suspension, or deprivation of privileges; cause; written statement of charges; answer; hearing; reinstatement; record of testimony; appeal; counsel; reduction of full-time paid members; new appointments. |
| Section 38.515 | Section | Violation of act; misdemeanor. |
| Section 38.516 | Section | Violation of act; penalty. |
| Section 38.517 | Section | Definitions. |
| Section 38.517a | Section | Approval of act by majority of electors; submission of question by resolution; petition; form of ballot; canvass; certification of results; effect of adoption. |
| Section 38.517b | Section | Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. |
| Section 38.518 | Section | Rescission of act by majority of electors; submission of question; form of ballot; canvass; certification of results; effect of vote in favor of rescission. |