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tute, or adm inistrative order or rule, w hich
the director or the com m ission m ay request
for any purpose o f this act.
2. A state o fficer or em ploye who shall
fa il to com ply w ith any provision o f this
act or o f an y rule, regulation or order
thereunder shall be su b ject to all penalties
and rem edies now or hereafter provided
by law for the failu re o f a p u b lic officer
or em ploye to do an act required or him
by law . The com m ission m ay m aintain
such action or proceeding at law or in
equity as it considers necessary or appro
priate to secure com pliance w ith this act
and its rules and orders thereunder.
Section 28. The records o f the depart
m ent, except such records as the rules m ay
require to be held confidential fo r reasons
of public p o licy, shall be public records
and shall be open to public inspection, sub
je c t to regulations as to the tim e and m an
ner of inspection w hich m ay be prescribed
by the com m ission.
Section 29. N o em ploye of any division
or the com m ission shall use his o fficia l
authority or influ ence to fu rth er the cause
o f any p o litical p arty or candidate for
nom ination or election to p u b lic o ffice . No
person shall solicit from any em ploye o f
any division or the com m ission any m oney,
in flu in ce, service or other valu ab le thing
to fu rth er the cause o f any p o litical party
or candidate fo r nom ination or election to
public o ffice. N o em ploye of any division
or o f the com m ission shall seek or accept
nom ination, election or appointm ent as an
o fficer o f a p o litical p a r ty ,' club or organ
ization, or serve as a m em ber of a com
m ittee or any such club or organization, or
be a candidate for a p olitical o ffice.
Section 30. 1. N o person shall m ake any
false statem ent, certificate, m ark, rating
or report w ith regard to any test, certifica
tion, or appointm ent m ade under any pro
vision o f this act, or in any m anner com
m it or attem pet to com m it any frau d p re
ven tin g the im partial execution o f this act
and the rules.
2. N o person shall, directly or indirectly,
give, render, p ay, o ffe r, solicit or accept
any m oney, service or other valu ab le con
sideration for or on account o f an y ap
pointm ent, proposed appointm ent, prom o
tion or proposed prom otion to, or any ad
vantage in, a position in the classified ser
vice.
3. N o em ploye of the departm ent, e x
am iner or other person shall defeat, de
ceive or obstruct any person in his righ t to
exam ination, e lig ib ility , certification or ap
pointm ent under this act, or fu rn ish to any
person an y special or secret inform ation
for the purpose o f e ffectin g the rights or
prospects of any person w ith respect to
em ploym ent in the classified service.
Section 31. 1. A n y person who w ilfu lly
violates an y provision of this act or o f the
rules shall be g u ilty o f a m idem eanor, and
shall, upon conviction, be punished b y a
fin e o f not m ore than fiv e hundred dollars
($500) or b y im prisonm ent in the county
ja il for a term not exceeding one year, or
b y both such fin e and im prisonm ent.
2. A n y person who is convicted o f a m is
dem eanor under this act shall, fo r a period
o f fiv e years, be ineligible fo r appointm ent
to or em ploym ent in a position in the state
service, and if he is an o ffice r or em ploye
o f the state, shall be deemed g u ilty o f
m alfeasance in o ffice and shall be subject
to fo rfe it o f his o ffice or position.
Section 32. The adm inistrative expenses
and costs of operating the departm ent o f
civil service shall be paid b y the various
divisions o f the state governm ent. To es
tablish an equitable devision o f the costs,
the am ount to be paid by each division
shall be determ ined in such proportion as
the service rendered to each division bears
to the total service rendered b y the d e
partm ent.
The c iv il service departm ent shall, at
such tim es as it m ay deem proper, deter
m ine the expenses incurred during a given
period and upon approval b y the state
budget director the departm ent shall ren
der to each state division affected thereby
an invoice for its pro rata share o f such
expenses, and such division hereby is a u
thorized and directed to p ay such invoice
as an adm inistrative expense of such d iv i
sion from funds or appropriations available
to the division in the same m anner as
other claim s against the state are paid.
Su ch am ounts paid to the civil service de
partm ent shall be deposited in the state
treasury as h ereinafter provided.
For the purpose o f providing fund s for
the paym ent of expenses in carrying out
the provisions of this act there hereby is
appropriated the sum o f ten thousand dol
lars ($10,000)-, w hich sum shall be placed
in a separate account in the general fund
in the state treasury to be know n as the
c iv il service departm ent account.
A ll m oneys received by the c iv il service
departm ent under the provisions o f this
act shall be deposited in the state treasury
to the credit o f the c iv il service departm ent
account, and such am ount as m ay be neces
sary, and no m ore, hereby is appropriated
out o f such c iv il service departm ent a c
count for the paym ent of a ll expenses in
curred in the adm inistration of this act.
The secretary o f state hereby is author
ized and directed to audit a ll d u ly approved
claim s w hich have been incurred in p u rsu
ance o f law and the foregoing appropria
tion and to draw his w arrants on the state
treasurer fo r the paym ent thereof, payable
out o f the c iv il service departm ent account
o f the general fun d .
Section 33. I f and w hen this act has
m et the standards required fo r a m erit
system o f personnel adm inistration b y the
social security board of the U nited States,
it shall supersede any other m erit system
provisions o f the unem ploym ent com pensa
tion com m ission; the state board o f health;
the state board of h igher education, actin g
b y and through the university o f Oregon
m edical school, and the state p u b lic w e l
fare com m ission. A t such tim e the com
plete m erit system s adm inistering the p er
sonnel o f these divisions shall be tran sfer
red to the departm ent o f civil service es
tablished b y this act. Su ch transfer shall
be su b ject to the jo in t approval o f these
agencies and the social security board o f
the U nitd e States and shall include o ffice
space, fu rn itu re, furnishings, files, records,
register, and any and all other property.
A n y and all unused m oneys budgeted for
the m erit system s o f the state board of
health, the state p u b lic w elfare com m ission
and the state unem ploym ent com pensation
com m isison, shall th ereafter be transferred
to the fund for the operation of the dep art
m ent o f c iv il service. I f the funds thereby
transferred are less than the division’s pro
rata share o f the cost o f operation, the d iv i
sion shall pay such additional sum neces
sary to equal such cost, but if the am ount
is in excess of its share, the excess am ount
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