(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, any person under a civil service system employed in the office of the sheriff or registered on the eligible list is eligible for appointment as an undersheriff, deputy undersheriff or administrative aide to the sheriff. If the deputy sheriffs in the county are under civil service, only a deputy sheriff serving in the law enforcement department of the office of the sheriff is eligible for appointment as a deputy undersheriff.\n(2) Any person appointed undersheriff, deputy undersheriff or administrative aide to the sheriff, upon termination of such appointment, shall be reinstated in the person’s previous rank on the eligible list or in the person’s last held position at the salary rates prevailing for such positions on the date of resumption of duty, without loss of seniority or other employment rights and with service credit for the time served as undersheriff or deputy undersheriff. [1963 c.331 §11; 1981 c.48 §7]
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