Santa Barbara County Civil Service Veterans' Preference

Civil Service Rule 515, unchanged since November 1983, sets the preference, which County Code section 27-26(h) requires the rules to include. Five points. For a veteran as defined in Government Code section 18973, which adopts section 18540.4: full-time service in the armed forces in a national or state military emergency or an expedition, and a discharge other than dishonorable. It applies only to an open competitive examination for a classification the Civil Service Commission has approved as requiring no work experience, and only within five years of the latest of discharge from active service, discharge from a military or VA hospital for a service-incurred disability, or completion of training paid for under the GI Bill. Ten points. For a disabled veteran entering an open competitive examination for an entry-level classification the Commission has approved, with a permanent disability of 30% or more that is compensable when the preference is claimed. No time limit applies. The limits. The veteran must meet the minimum qualifications and pass every part of the examination. No preference applies to promotional examinations, dismissal, transfer or layoff, and none to spouses or survivors. How to claim. Mark the space on the application and give Human Resources a DD-214 or equivalent, and VA's disability evidence where claimed, by the examination date. The claim must be made again for each examination.