§ 12131 Civil Service Transition Rights

Public Utilities Code·California

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•If you've worked in a government job for at least 6 months before new hiring rules start, you get to keep your job.
•You don’t have to go through a trial period (probation) like new hires.
•After the new rules start, you follow all the same rules as everyone else.

Example

A person has worked as a city clerk for a year. The city then starts using a new hiring system with tests and probation periods.

This person keeps their job without taking a test or going through a 6-month trial period. They just follow the new rules like everyone else from then on.

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§ 12131 Civil Service Transition Rights

The incumbents of permanent positions who have held such positions for a period of at least six months continuously next preceding the time that a civil service system is first adopted shall be continued in their positions as if appointed thereto after examination and certification from a list of eligibles, and shall be governed thereafter by this division and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto but shall not be subject to the six months’ probation period. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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permanent positions six months continuously civil service system probation period

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 12131.

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