(a) This section applies to the consolidation of court-related services within the marshal’s office in Shasta County.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (f), all personnel of the marshal’s office or personnel of the sheriff’s office affected by a consolidation of court-related services under this section shall become employees of that consolidated office at their existing or equivalent classifications, salaries, and benefits, and except as may be necessary for the operation of the agency under which court-related services are consolidated, shall not be involuntarily transferred out of the consolidated court-related services office for a period of four years following the consolidation.
(c) Permanent employees of the marshal’s office or sheriff’s office on the effective date of consolidation under this section shall be deemed qualified, and no other qualifications shall be required for employment or retention. Probationary employees of the marshal’s office or the sheriff’s office on the effective date of a consolidation under this section shall retain their probationary status and rights, and shall not be deemed to have transferred so as to require serving a new probationary period.
(d) All county service or service by employees of the marshal’s office or the sheriff’s office on the effective date of a consolidation under this section shall be counted toward seniority in that court-related services office, and all time spent in the same, equivalent, or higher classification shall be counted toward classification seniority.
(e) No employee of the marshal’s office or the sheriff’s office on the effective date of a consolidation under this section shall lose peace officer status, or be demoted or otherwise adversely affected by a consolidation of court-related services.
(f) All sheriff’s bailiffs affected by the consolidation shall be given the option of becoming employees of the marshal’s office or of remaining with the sheriff’s office. If a staffing shortage is created by the exercise of this option by these bailiffs, the marshal may accept qualified applicants from the sheriff’s office under the provisions of subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 371. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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