Amendment SA1-SB30

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2011 SENATE BILL 30

February 29, 2012 - Offered by Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.

SB30-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB30-SA1,1,2 1. Page 2, line 1: delete lines 1 to 18.

SB30-SA1,1,3 2. Page 2, line 18: after that line insert:

SB30-SA1,1,4 " Section 1m. 62.50 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB30-SA1,2,2 62.50 (5) Examinations. The examinations which the rules and regulations provide for shall be public and free to all U.S. citizens with proper limitations as to residence, age, health subject to sub. (30); age; health; and, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335, arrest and conviction record. The examinations shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters which fairly test the relative capacity of the candidates to discharge the duties of the positions in which they seek employment or to which they seek to be appointed and may include tests of manual skill and physical strength. The board shall control all examinations and may designate suitable persons, either in the official service of the city or not, to conduct such examinations and may change such examiners at any time, as seems best.

SB30-SA1, s. 2m Section 2m. 62.50 (30) of the statutes is created to read:

SB30-SA1,2,6 62.50 (30) Residency requirements. If a 1st class city imposes a residency requirement on police officers or fire fighters, the residency requirement shall at least allow the police officers and fire fighters to live in all of the following:

SB30-SA1,2,7 (a) The county in which the 1st class city is entirely or predominantly located.

SB30-SA1,2,9 (b) Any county that is adjacent to the county in which the 1st class city is entirely or predominantly located.".

SB30-SA1,2,10 (End)