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This bill
provides that if a Chief Forest Ranger (Chief) is not reappointed, he or she
has the right to be restored to the position from which the Chief was
promoted or to a position equivalent in salary grade, without impairment of
personnel status or the loss of seniority, retirement or other rights to
which uninterrupted service in the previous position would have entitled
them. In the event a Chief is not reappointed and there are no vacant
positions eqivalent to the position held prior to promotion to Chief, the
Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry would need to demote or
lay off (bump) another employee to make a position available for the former
Chief. Assuming the employee demoted or laid off is at the same salary level
as the returning former Chief was prior to promotion to Chief, there would be
no net increase in cost to the department from this bill. |