Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 90.110 (2026)

Definitions for KRS 90.110 to 90.230

✓ current as of May 2026

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The following terms, as used in KRS 90.110 to 90.230, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Emergency appointment" means any appointment to any position subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, which may be made only in the absence of an appropriate eligible list for the position and which may be made without competitive examination pending the establishment of an eligible list and which appointment shall not exceed the duration of the emergency and in no case to exceed ninety (90) days in any one (1) fiscal year.

(2) "Probationary appointment" means an appointment to any position subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, which shall be made in accordance with the provisions of KRS 90.180 and which shall not be less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year in duration.

(3) "Regular appointment" means an appointment to a position subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 made after an employee has served a probationary period in a manner deemed satisfactory to the appointing authority.

(4) "Director" means the personnel director, as provided for in KRS 90.140.

(5) "Position" means every place of employment in the classified service hereunder including office.

(6) "Employee" means any person in the classified service hereunder.

(7) "Classified service" means all positions in cities of the first class within the jurisdiction of the board, and within the purview of KRS 90.110 to 90.230.

(8) "Board" means the civil service board created hereunder.

(9) "Appointing authority" means the officer, board, commission, department, agency, person or group of persons, having the power of appointment to and removal from positions in the classified service as provided for in KRS 90.110 to 90.230.

(10) "Competitive examination" shall include consideration and rating of any or all of the following qualifications of applicants: Education, training, experience, general adaptability, special aptitude, physical fitness, knowledge, skill, personality, character, and such other qualifications as may be deemed necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties of the respective positions.

(11) "Eligible list" means a list of names of persons who have been found qualified through suitable competitive examinations for positions or classes of positions as provided for in KRS 90.110 to 90.230.

(12) "Service ratings" means the evaluation of the efficiency and general worth of employees in positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 as determined by the appointing authority.

(13) "Dismissal" means the discharge of an employee by the appointing authority.

(14) "Lay-off" means the separation of an employee from the classified service because of a reduction of force owing to decreased work or decreased funds in the department, commission, board or agency in which the employee has been employed.

(15) "Class" or "class of positions" means a position or group of positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 sufficiently similar in duties, responsibilities and qualification requirements to be designated by the same title and placed within the same salary range.

(16) "Reinstatement" means the reappointment of a person who formerly held a position, subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, to such former position or to any other position in the same class.

(17) "Transfer" means a change by an employee from one (1) position to another position within the same class.

(18) "Promotion" means a change from a position in a lower class to a position in a higher class involving an increase in responsibility or a change in title.

(19) "Demotion" means a change from a position in a higher class to a position in a lower class involving a decrease in responsibility or a change in title.

(20) "Suspension" means the separation of an employee from the service for a temporary or fixed period of time, which separation is inflicted upon the employee by his appointing authority, as a disciplinary measure under the rules established by the board.

(21) "Public hearing" means such as may be given after public notice of at least five (5) days, so that any person or persons may have an opportunity to appear before the board and be heard on the matter involved. History: Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1948–2020 · leading case: City of Paducah v. Moore, 662 S.W.2d 491 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984).

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City of Paducah v. Moore, 662 S.W.2d 491 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “The trial court did refer to KRS 90.110 in defining the term “demotion.”

Lamonica Jackson v. Fam. Health Ctr. (Ky. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 10× “Jackson alleged that FHC failed to follow the dictates of the Board’s order to reinstate her and by so doing, “violated the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 et seq.” Complaint at 4.”

City of Henderson v. Thomy, 212 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). “310-410, the civil service law for second and third class cities, violates sections 29 and 157 of the Kentucky Constitution; (2) the city clerk, city treasurer, city auditor, city assessor and city engineer are officers of the city, not employees, and are not subject to civil…”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 90.110(15) — 1 case

Lamonica Jackson v. Fam. Health Ctr. (Ky. Ct. App. 2020). “Jackson alleged that FHC failed to follow the dictates of the Board’s order to reinstate her and by so doing, “violated the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 et seq.” Complaint at 4.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 90.110(16) — 1 case

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