Authorization for the Director of the Department of Administration to Amend Specific

Personnel Rules.

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or rule or regulation, the “Swift Appointment Modernization Act of 2021” shall only apply to those Category 1 Peace Officer positions recognized in 27 GARR § 3103(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6).

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or rule or regulation, and pursuant to the authorization granted in this Section, the Director of the Department of Administration

(DOA)shall:

(1)develop and implement a policy or amend the DOA Personnel Rules and Regulations within sixty

(60)days from the enactment of the “Swift Appointment Modernization Act of 2021,” which shall authorize qualified law enforcement agencies and departments to request, in writing, a Certification List that consists of up to three

(3)times the number of applicants as there are available funded vacancies for their respective agencies and departments; and

(2)develop and implement a policy or amend Personnel Rules within sixty

(60)days which shall authorize law enforcement agencies and departments to request, in writing, to continue interviews from the point of the last interviewed applicant prior to making the final selections. This request shall include the purpose for continuing interviews after a final selection was made, including, but not limited to, CH. 4 PERSONNEL POLICY AND THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION an agency’s inability to fill a position because a candidate declined the job offer. Requests for additional names for an interview shall be made within sixty

(60)days from the last final selections made for a cycle of hiring which were submitted to DOA for further processing.