§ 40-44-12 — Abandonment of civil service system - Election - Form of ballot - Removal of department or employee from civil service

of department or employee from civil service.
After a civil service system has been adopted, the governing body shall not abolish it nor
remove any department or employee thereof, or any employee or appointive official, from under
the civil service and the provisions of this chapter unless and until civil service has been
abandoned by the city after the question shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of
the city at a regular or special municipal election. At any election held to determine whether the
city shall abandon the civil service system, the question shall be submitted to the electors in
substantially the following form:

Shall the city abandon the civil service system?
Yes ☐
No ☐
If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the question favor the abandonment of civil service, the
governing body shall provide for the abandonment of the system. Any office or employment,
however, may be abolished by the governing body of the city by resolution declaring there no
longer is need therefor after a hearing has been given to the officials and employees to be
affected and after a determination to such effect.