§45-28A-42.22. Bond required.

No applicant for a position on the police force who has fulfilled all other requirements of this subpart and been appointed to a position as a member of the police department of the city shall enter upon the discharge and performance of his or her duties as a member of such police department until he or she has filed with the city clerk of such municipality a bond conditioned according to the law relating to official bonds, in the following penal sums: Chief of police, assistant chief of police, and all other members of the police departments one thousand dollars ($1,000) each. Unless such bond is furnished by such appointee as above prescribed, within 10 days from the date he or she is appointed by such civil service board his or her appointment shall be vacated by the board, unless the board for good cause shown shall grant the appointee additional time not to exceed 10 additional days within which to procure the execution of such bond and file same; the bonds of such officers shall be paid for by the city employing them.

(Acts 1951, No. 671, p. 1158, §23.)