1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; defining the 
  1.3             department's classified service under a merged Saint 
  1.4             Paul and Ramsey county department of public health; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 383A.288, 
  1.6             subdivision 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 383A.288, 
  1.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPETITIVE PROMOTIONAL 
  1.11  EXAMINATIONS.] Competitive promotional examinations shall be 
  1.12  open only to permanent and probationary employees of the 
  1.13  classified service.  The personnel department may limit 
  1.14  competition to employees of one or more departments, or to 
  1.15  employees meeting specified employment requirements.  During the 
  1.16  term of any joint powers agreement between the city of Saint 
  1.17  Paul and Ramsey county joining the city of Saint Paul public 
  1.18  health department and the Ramsey county public health department 
  1.19  into the Saint Paul-Ramsey county department of public health 
  1.20  under the direction of Ramsey county, classified employees of 
  1.21  the city of Saint Paul public health department and classified 
  1.22  employees of Ramsey county public health department must be 
  1.23  considered as employees of the classified service of a single 
  1.24  Ramsey county department for the purpose of this subdivision.