63.065 Elected county or state officers. A permanent employee in the classified service of any county having a population of 750,000 or more, who is elected to a county or state office shall be granted a leave of absence without pay from a position for the period of his or her entire service as an elected county or state officer and thereafter shall be entitled to return to the former position or to one with equivalent responsibility and pay in the classified service without loss of seniority or civil service status. At the discretion of the civil service commission, any elected state officer, while on leave of absence, may also be permitted to return to a former position or to one with equivalent responsibility and pay in the classified service for such periods of time as may be set by the commission. This section shall not apply to any department head in the classified service whenever the commission has established a list of department heads or employees of any county department under s. 46.215.
History: 1977 c. 271; 1985 a. 176; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
A person returning from an approved leave of absence to classified service, without loss of seniority under this section, is treated for seniority purposes as having never left the position in classified service. 78 Atty. Gen. 11.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.
63.01 - County civil service commission; appointment; terms.
63.02 - Rules; secretary; employees; offices.
63.04 - Appointments; promotions and removals in classified service.
63.05 - Certifications; appointments; temporary assignments.
63.06 - Rights of employees in military service.
63.065 - Elected county or state officers.
63.07 - Temporary appointments.
63.085 - Certification and appointment of handicapped; special lists of eligibles.
63.09 - Efficiency records; promotions.
63.10 - Demotion; dismissal; procedure.
63.11 - Standard scale of compensation.
63.12 - Investigations; testimonial powers; witnesses.
63.13 - Certification of payrolls.
63.14 - Prohibited influences and practices.
63.15 - Existing officers and employees, how affected.
63.16 - Appropriation for commission.
63.17 - Violations, county civil service.
63.18 - First class city commission; appointment; terms.
63.19 - Duties and powers of board.
63.20 - Compulsory attendance and fees of witnesses.
63.22 - City and its officers to cooperate in carrying out the law.
63.23 - Classification of offices.
63.235 - Delegation to board of school directors.
63.24 - Commission to make rules.
63.25 - Rules, what to require.
63.26 - Appointments to conform to rules.
63.27 - Rules not applicable to certain officers.
63.29 - Civil service for attorneys in office of city attorney.
63.30 - Secretary; selection, duties.
63.32 - Applicants to be examined; character of examinations.
63.33 - Examinations reasonable.
63.34 - Notice of examinations.
63.35 - Application, contents.
63.36 - Appointment of examiners; compensation.
63.37 - Board to keep a register of eligibles.
63.38 - Persons examined not to be obstructed, aided or impersonated.
63.39 - Vacancies, how filled.
63.41 - Vacancies in special cases, how filled.
63.42 - Notice to commissioners of all appointments, and of all offices abandoned.
63.43 - Removals for just cause only; reasons to be furnished in writing; hearings; decisions.
63.44 - Provisions for removals not to apply to certain departments.
63.45 - No payments approved or made of salary in the classified service except as provided.
63.49 - No promotion or demotion for making or refusing political contributions.
63.50 - Use of money prohibited.
63.51 - The improper use or promise of political influence forbidden.
63.52 - Violations, city civil service; vacates office; disqualification; prosecution.