Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)
Section 38.401 - County Civil Service System; Purpose of Act.

Sec. 1.
Civil service act; purpose. The purpose of this act is to guarantee to all citizens a fair and equal opportunity for public service; to establish conditions of service which will attract officers and employees of character and capacity, and to increase the efficiency of the county governmental departments, commissions, boards and agencies, by the improvement of methods of personnel administration.
History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.401 Compiler's Notes: The catchlines following the act section numbers of this act were incorporated as a part of the act when enacted.Section 423.201 et seq., prohibiting strikes by public employees and providing collective bargaining, negotiation, and enforced mediation of labor disputes arising out of public employment, operates, to the extent of repugnancy with MCL 38.401 et seq., as a partial repeal of the act providing for a county civil service commission. Wayne County Civil Service Commission v. Board of Supervisors, 384 Mich. 363, 184 N.W.2d 201 (1971).

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement

Act 370 of 1941 - County Employees' Civil Service System (38.401 - 38.428)

Section 38.401 - County Civil Service System; Purpose of Act.

Section 38.402 - County Civil Service System; Adoption by Referendum.

Section 38.403 - Referendum; Time, Notice, Statement of Question.

Section 38.404 - Referendum; Ballot, Statement of Question.

Section 38.405 - Act to Become Effective Upon Adoption of System.

Section 38.406 - County Civil Service Commission; Creation.

Section 38.407 - Civil Service Commission; Membership, Terms, Vacancies, Eligibility, Quorum, Removal.

Section 38.408 - Compensation and Expenses of Commissioners.

Section 38.409 - Civil Service Commission; Personnel Director, Assistants and Employees; Selection, Compensation; Contracts for Services to Municipalities; Conditions of Employment; Discrimination Prohibited.

Section 38.410 - Division of County Civil Service Into Unclassified and Classified Services.

Section 38.411 - Civil Service Commission; Meetings; Rules of Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Availability of Certain Writings to Public.

Section 38.412 - Civil Service Commission; Powers and Duties.

Section 38.412a - Providing or Possessing Copy of Classified Service Examination or Answers Prohibited; Violation; Penalties; Complaint; Issuance of Arrest Warrant.

Section 38.413 - Classified Civil Service; Appointments, Probationary Period, Temporary Appointments; War Veterans.

Section 38.413a - Classified Civil Service; Provisional Status Made Regular, Exceptions.

Section 38.414 - Classified Civil Service; Qualifying and Competitive Examinations Required; Exceptions.

Section 38.415 - Classified Civil Service; Vacancies, Promotion, Basis.

Section 38.416 - Classified Civil Service; Removal, Suspension or Reduction, Procedure; Appeal, Hearing; Findings of Civil Service Commission.

Section 38.417 - Civil Service Commission; Annual Report to Board of Supervisors.

Section 38.418 - Payrolls; Approval by Civil Service Commission.

Section 38.419 - Civil Service Employees; Soliciting for Political Purposes Prohibited.

Section 38.420 - Civil Service Commission; Powers of Investigation.

Section 38.421 - Civil Service Commission; Authority to Require Medical Examinations.

Section 38.422 - Civil Service Commission; Power to Subpoena Witnesses and Evidence; Noncompliance, Penalty; Enforcement.

Section 38.423 - Violations; Penalties.

Section 38.424 - Classified Civil Service; Discrimination Prohibited.

Section 38.425 - Civil Service Commission; Offices.

Section 38.426 - Board of Supervisors; Appropriations.

Section 38.427 - Scope of Act.

Section 38.428 - Civil Service Commission; Determination of Employee Status on Consolidation of Governmental Units With County Department; Subsequent Change.