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1.18 Amendment of the Rules: Amendment to the rules may be made at any meeting of the Civil
Service Commission. All rules and amendments shall become effective on the date of their approval
by the Commission. All rules and amendments shall be printed for distribution to all departments
that have Civil Service employees.
1.19 Relationship to Collective Bargaining Provisions:
a. As provided by Chapter 174, Texas Local Government Code, a state or local civil
service provision prevails over a collective bargaining contract under Chapter 174, TLGC,
unless the collective bargaining contract specifically provides otherwise.
b. In this regard, it shall be the responsibility of the parties appearing before the Civil
Service Commission to bring to the Civil Service Commission’s attention any applicable
collective bargaining provision that bears on an issue before the Civil Service Commission.
c. The Civil Service Commission reserves the authority to interpret and apply, if such be
necessary, any contract based provision that provides the standard in any particular matter
before the Civil Service Commission. See §174.005 and .006(b), TLGC.
DEFINITIONS
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CHAPTER II
EMPLOYMENT
2.01 Applicant: This term includes any person who has completed an application for employment
for a specific position for which the Nueces County Department of Human Resources and Civil
Service is recruiting applicants.
2.02 Appointing Authority: The elected official, department head, Chief Executive Officer of a
department, board, commission of Nueces County, or the Commissioners Court, has authority to
appoint employees under the civil service system.
2.03 Job Category: A job category consists of a group of jobs, regardless of department, which
have similar duties and responsibilities and have similar requirements regarding education,
experience, knowledge skills and abilities. All jobs covered by civil service will fall into one of
three categories; "clerical", "non-clerical", and "law enforcement".
2.04 Classification/Reclassification: Classification is the actual process of evaluating the structure
of jobs so that they may be arranged into classes or pay groups which are charted and serviced by the
county pay system. When there is a departmental reorganization or substantial change in the duties,
responsibilities, or market factors of a position, the Commissioners Court may reclassify that
position to an appropriate job classification. All classification actions must be approved by the
Commissioners Court.
a. For those civil service employees covered by a collective bargaining labor agreement,
the job classifications shall be those established by the labor agreement, if applicable.
2.05 Pay Group Evaluation: A process used to review the compensable factors of jobs in order to
determine their level in the pay structure of Nueces County. Upon request of the respective
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