§7052. Appointments and promotions

Appointments to and promotions in the classified service shall must be made according to merit and fitness, from eligible lists developed by the director pursuant to procedures and policies established by the director and the Policy Review Board. No A person may not be appointed, transferred, promoted or reduced as an officer, clerk or employee or laborer in the classified service in any manner or by any means other than those prescribed by law or rule pursuant to this chapter.

Sec. 17. 5 MRSA §7061, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c. 541, is amended to read:

The director, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the director and the Policy Review Board and in accordance with this section, shall record the duties and responsibilities of all positions in state service and establish classes for these positions. The titles of the positions and classes shall must be used in all personnel, accounting, budget, appropriation and financial records of all state departments, commissions and institutions.

Sec. 18. 5 MRSA §7062, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 785, Pt. B, §38, is amended to read:

The director, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the director and the board, shall prepare for each class of positions in the classified service registers of persons eligible for appointment to positions in each class. Each eligible register shall consist consists of a list of all the persons who have shown by competitive tests, as provided in section 7063, that they possess the qualifications which that entitle them to be considered eligible for appointment to any position in the class for which the eligible register is to be prepared, and of employees who have resigned or been dismissed, laid off or granted leaves of absence and whose names have been restored to the eligible register in accordance with this chapter.

Sec. 19. 5 MRSA §7062, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 785, Pt. B, §38, is amended to read:

2. Establishment of direct hire procedures. The director in consultation with the Policy Review Board shall, based on recruitment and retention needs and the provision of section 7036, subsection 22, establish where practicable direct hire procedures.