Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 3 Official Copy of Class Specifications in Classification Plan

(a) The General Manager of the Personnel Department shall prepare and maintain a written specification for each class of position in the

Police Department and Fire Department, and such class specifications, when approved and adopted by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, shall constitute the official specifications of classes in said departments. Such specifications shall be based on study of the duties and responsibilities of all positions set forth in this Code, and after conferences with the appointing authorities, the principal supervisory officials, and the members concerned or their duly accredited representatives. Each class specification shall set forth the title of the class, a general statement of duties, a statement of distinguishing features of the work, examples of duties of positions in a class, a statement of qualifications necessary and desirable for efficient performance of the work, and such other pertinent information as the Board of Civil Service Commissioners deems appropriate.

(b) The General Manager of the Personnel Department is authorized to substitute for the “examples of duties of positions in a class” in each class specification the detailed descriptions of the duties of the pay grade or pay grades in the class which are maintained by the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services.

(c) The official copy of the specifications for each class of positions shall be maintained in the office of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, and shall indicate the date of adoption or last revision or amendment of the specification for each class. The official copy of the specifications shall be open to inspection by the members and the public under reasonable conditions at all times during business hours. Duplicates of the official copy of any class specification shall be made available to the Council, to any appointing authority or members, and to persons seeking employment in the Fire Department or Police Department of the City, or to any other person interested.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 89,935. Amended by: Subsecs. (b), (c), Ord. No. 140,820, Eff. 8-21-70, Oper. 1-1-71; Subsecs. (b), (c), repeals Ord. No. 140,820, Ord. No. 141,416, Eff. 12-30-70, Oper. 1-1-71; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

The allocation of all positions in the Fire Department and Police Department of the City of Los Angeles, as classified by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners under specific classes in the Classification Plan, with appropriate class titles, and as listed in a schedule to be known as Schedule “C” are hereby adopted. Schedule “C” shall be in the custody of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners and shall be currently maintained by the said Board of Civil Service Commissioners in accordance with any amendments to the Classification Plan as provided under Section 4.148 of this Code and pursuant to the provisions of Section 1003 of the Charter; provided that the Council and the appointing authority and any member of the department or the member’s representative shall be permitted to consult Schedule “C” during business hours at reasonable length under conditions prescribed by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 89,935. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

The appointing authority of the Fire Department or Police Department of the City of Los Angeles shall notify any member in the appointing authority’s department in writing of any reallocation of the position the member holds. Any member of the Fire Department or Police Department of the City of Los Angeles shall have the right at any time to request the review of any alleged error, inequity, or inconsistency in the allocation or reallocation of the member’s position. Such request shall be in writing and shall be addressed to the appointing authority for transmission, with comments and recommendations, to the Board of Civil Service Commissioners. Upon receipt of any such written request, the said Board of Civil Service Commissioners shall refer it to the General Manager of the Personnel Department, who shall forthwith make a study of the duties and other factual information in the statement and shall submit the General Manager’s report and recommendation to the said Board of Civil Service Commissioners for action in the manner set out under Section 4.146 of this Code. The Board of Civil Service Commissioners, at least five (5) days in advance of the public hearing provided for in said Section 4.146, shall give to any member who submits such written request a notice in writing of the time and place of such hearing.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 89,935.

Pursuant to Section 1003 of the Charter, the title or the appropriate Code number of a class to which any position is allocated shall be used to designate the position in making requests for appropriation of funds or personal services, in the budgets submitted to the Mayor and the Council, on all payrolls and all other records and communications of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, the Controller, the Treasurer, and all reports and payrolls providing for the payment of personal services and dealing with recruitment, promotion, leaves of absence, and other personnel activities.

For purposes of internal administration, or for any other purpose not involving personnel processes covered by Charter Sections 1000 et seq. of the Charter the Code designation for each class of position as set out in Section 4.158 of this chapter may be used where, in the judgment of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners and the Controller, such action is necessary or desirable.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 89,935. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.