Civil service: veterans' preference.

The State Civil Service Act prescribes a comprehensive civil service personnel system for the state and specifically provides certain preferences for veterans. The act provides that a department or designated appointing authority may use a document signed by the applicant's commanding officer of the military to facilitate a request for Veterans' preference by a currently serving active duty member of the United States Armed Forces in order to verify that applicant's military service. This bill would instead require that a department or designated appointing authority use the above-described document to facilitate the request.