J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       437

WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THIS ACT BECOMES EFFEC-
TIVE, NOMINATIONS SHALL BE MADE FOR MEMBERS OF
THE PERSONNEL BOARD. THE NOMINATIONS SHALL BE IN
WRITING AND SIGNED BY NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PA-
TROLMEN, TWENTY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, FIFTEEN SER-
GEANTS, TEN LIEUTENANTS, AND FIVE CAPTAINS. ALL
NOMINATIONS SHALL BE MADE BY PERSONS OF THE SAME
RANK AS THE INDIVIDUAL BEING NOMINATED. ELECTIONS
SHALL BE HELD WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THIS ACT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THE PERSONNEL BOARD ONCE
ELECTED SHALL THEN DETERMINE ITS OWN RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE FUTURE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS,
NOMINATIONS AND FILLING OF VACANCIES TO THE
BOARD.

(D) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE PERSONNEL
BOARD IS ELECTED IT SHALL SET UP ITS GRIEVANCE PRO--
CEDURE WHICH SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATE-
LY. WITHIN SIX MONTHS THEREAFTER THE GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO A VOTE BY SECRET
BALLOT OF THE DEPARTMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT
WILL ACCEPT OR REJECT THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AS
OUTLINED BY THE PERSONNEL BOARD. IF THE GRIEV-
ANCE PROCEDURE AS OUTLINED BY THE PERSONNEL
BOARD IS REJECTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE POLICE OF-
FICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE RANK OF SER-
GEANT AND BELOW AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF COM-
PARABLE SALARY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SET UP A
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTIVE
UNTIL THE PERSONNEL BOARD SHALL SUBMIT A NEW
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE WHICH IS ADOPTED BY A MAJOR-
ITY OF THE SAID MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. WHEN
THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE IS ONCE ESTABLISHED, IT
SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL ALTERED OR CHANGED
BY THE PERSONNEL BOARD, WHO SHALL SUBMIT ANY
CHANGES TO A VOTE OF THE DEPARTMENT AS OUTLINED
ABOVE. THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE MAY ALSO BE
CHANGED BY A PETITION SUBMITTED BY ANY ONE HUN-
DRED MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO THE PERSON-
NEL BOARD WHO SHALL THEN SUBMIT THE CHANGE
SUGGESTED BY THIS PETITION TO A VOTE AS OUTLINED
ABOVE,, OR BY ANY OTHER METHOD OF CHANGE AS SHALL
BE PROMULGATED OR ADOPTED BY THE PERSONNEL
BOARD.

(A) PROCEDURE ESTABLISHED. THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL AT ALL TIMES MAINTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE
REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF PERSONNEL PROBLEMS
AND SUGGESTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. THESE
PROCEDURES SHALL INCLUDE ALTERNATE METHODS OF
REVIEW AND EVALUATION (I) THROUGH THE REGULAR
CHAIN OF COMMAND TO AND INCLUDING THE SUPER-
VISORY MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO HOLDS THE
GRADE OR RANK IMMEDIATELY BELOW THAT OF THE
COMMISSIONER OR (II) THROUGH THE PROCEDURES PRO-
VIDED IN THIS SECTION. SUCH PROCEDURES SHALL BE
AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT, EX-