7-32-4110. Procedure for reinstatement on police force. (1) An applicant for a position on the police force who has already served 20 years or more in the aggregate on the police force of the city or town to which he is applying for reinstatement may make application within 1 year from the date on which his name was removed from the active list of police officers to the police commission of that city or town wherein he last served, and his application must be considered by said police commission within 30 days after receipt of said application.
     (2) Said commission shall not require the applicant to have a physical examination or other examination required of applicants for a position on the police force; and in the event that the police commission recommends the reinstatement of said applicant as a member of the police force, the probationary term required of applicants for positions shall be dispensed with as to such applicant for reinstatement. It shall be the duty of the mayor to submit to the city council of said city at its next regular meeting the recommendation of the police commission; and in the event that a majority of the city council vote in favor of adopting the recommendation of the commission, said applicant shall be immediately reinstated as a police officer in said city or town.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 205, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1808.