HB 5685 Summary

• Divides township civil service into three categories: unclassified, classified, and exempt seasonal or temporary services positions.

• Defines exempt seasonal or temporary services as positions vacant part of the year due to the nature of duties, limited to fewer than 1,040 work hours in a 12-month period, and allows townships to adopt resolutions establishing hiring conditions for these positions.

• Authorizes the civil service commission to classify positions in both classified service and exempt seasonal or temporary services, with uniform salaries for like positions within each grade.

• Applies appointment, probation, promotion, and removal procedures to both classified and exempt seasonal or temporary services employees, with township board resolutions controlling if they conflict with statutory provisions.

• Extends anti-discrimination and political activity prohibitions to exempt seasonal or temporary services employees alongside classified service employees.