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(G) Except as otherwise provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64

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of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services shall

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give reasonable notice of the time, place, and general scope of

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every competitive examination for appointment that the director

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administers for positions in the service of the state. The

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director shall send written, printed, or electronic notices of

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every examination to be conducted for positions in the classified

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civil service of the state to each agency of the type the director

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of job and family services specifies and, in the case of a county

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in which no such agency is located, to the clerk of the court of

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common pleas of that county and to the clerk of each city located

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within that county. Those notices shall be posted in conspicuous

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public places in the designated agencies or the courthouse, and

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city hall of the cities, of the counties in which no designated

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agency is located for at least two weeks preceding any examination

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involved, and in a conspicuous place in the office of the director

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of administrative services for at least two weeks preceding any

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examination involved. In case of examinations limited by the

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director to a district, county, city, or department, the director

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shall provide by rule for adequate publicity of an examination in

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the district, county, city, or department within which competition

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is permitted.

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Sec. 124.23. (A) All applicants for positions and places in	7
the classified service shall be subject to examination, except for	8
applicants for positions as professional or certified service and	9
paraprofessional employees of county boards of developmental	10
disabilities, who shall be hired in the manner provided in section	11
124.241 of the Revised Code.	12

(B) Any examination administered under this section shall be	13
public and be open to all citizens of the United States and those	14
persons who have legally declared their intentions of becoming	15
United States citizens. For examinations administered for	16
positions in the service of the state, the director of	17
administrative services may determine certain limitations as to	18
citizenship, age, experience, education, health, habit, and moral	19
character.	20

(C) Any person who has completed service in the uniformed	21
services,and who has been honorably discharged from the uniformed	22
services or transferred to the reserve with evidence of	23
satisfactory service~~, and who is a resident of this state~~ and any	24
member of the national guard or a reserve component of the armed	25
forces of the United States who has completed more than one	26
hundred eighty days of active duty service pursuant to an	27
executive order of the president of the United States or an act of	28
the congress of the United States may file with the director a	29
certificate of service or honorable discharge, and, upon this	30
filing, the person shall receive additional credit of twenty per	31
cent of the person's total grade given in the regular examination	32
in which the person receives a passing grade.	33

As used in this division, "service in the uniformed services"	34
and "uniformed services" have the same meanings as in the	35
"Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of	36
1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C.A. 4303.	37

(D) An examination may include an evaluation of such factors	38
as education, training, capacity, knowledge, manual dexterity, and	39
physical or psychological fitness. An examination shall consist of	40
one or more tests in any combination. Tests may be written, oral,	41
physical, demonstration of skill, or an evaluation of training and	42
experiences and shall be designed to fairly test the relative	43
capacity of the persons examined to discharge the particular	44
duties of the position for which appointment is sought. Tests may	45
include structured interviews, assessment centers, work	46
simulations, examinations of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and	47
any other acceptable testing methods. If minimum or maximum	48
requirements are established for any examination, they shall be	49
specified in the examination announcement.	50

Section 1. That section 124.23 of the Revised Code be amended	5
to read as follows:	6

(E) The director of administrative services shall have	51
control of all examinations administered for positions in the	52
service of the state and all other examinations the director	53
administers as provided in section 124.07 of the Revised Code,	54
except as otherwise provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the	55
Revised Code.	56

(F) No questions in any examination shall relate to political	57
or religious opinions or affiliations. No credit for seniority,	58
efficiency, or any other reason shall be added to an applicant's	59
examination grade unless the applicant achieves at least the	60
minimum passing grade on the examination without counting that	61
extra credit.	62

Section 2. That existing section 124.23 of the Revised Code	85
is hereby repealed.	86

Section 3. Section 124.23 of the Revised Code is presented	87
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am.	88
Sub. H.B. 1 and Sub. S.B. 79 of the 128th General Assembly. The	89
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of	90
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be	91
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds	92
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in	93
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in	94
this act.	95