NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 331

HOUSE BILL 609

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 50 OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SESSION LAWS OF 1935 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH AND TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MACHINERY AND RULES FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION FOR SAID CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENTS".

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  That the first sentence of Section 4 of Chapter 50 of the North Carolina Session Laws of 1935 be amended to read as follows:

"That all applicants for positions in the Fire Department or the Police Department of the City of Raleigh shall be subjected to an examination by said Civil Service Commission which shall be competitive and free to all persons meeting all requirements prescribed by said Commission, subject to reasonable and proper limitations as to residence, health, and moral character, which might be imposed by the City Council of the City of Raleigh or the Civil Service Commission. Said examinations shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters tending fairly to test the capacity and qualifications of the applicants to discharge proficiently the duties of the position to which they seek appointment, and shall include examinations as to physical and mental qualifications as well as general fitness; no applicant shall be examined concerning his or her political or religious opinions or affiliations."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1969.