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D. Police Commander Sergeants shall have a Bachelor Degree to be eligible to take the Commander promotional examination and participate in the promotional process. 1. Eligibility: A. Persons having held the rank of Police Sergeant for a period of at least two (2) continuous years immediately before the examination date shall be eligible to take the promotional examination to the rank of Police Commander. B. In the event all eligible candidates fail the written portion of the promotion examination or an insufficient number of candidates signup to take the examination which follows, all sergeants who meet the aforementioned education requirement regardless of time -in -rank may be eligible for the examination for promotion to Police Commander. C. In the event all eligible candidates in step 2 above fail the written portion of the promotion examination or an insufficient number of candidates sign up to take the examination which follows, all sergeants, regardless of education, who meet the time in grade requirements may be eligible for the examination for promotion to Police Commander. 2. Examination: The promotional examination for the rank of Police Commander shall consist of two parts as follows: A. Written Examination Shall consist of questions relating to the duties of the classification of the position to be filled. All notice of written examinations and publishing of study material shall be in accordance with Chapter 143 Local Government Code and the rules established by the Firefighter and Police Officer Civil Service Commission. A score of 70% on the written examination shall be considered a passing score. In the event that written examination scores are the same, the ranking of those scores shall be done on the basis of rules established by the Fire and Police Civil Service Commission. All test participants with passing grades, up to a maximum of the top 20 (twenty), shall be allowed to continue on to the next phase of the examination process, the Assessment Center. B. Assessment Center 1. The Assessment Center Board shall consist of three members, which shall be persons from outside the San Marcos Police Department who currently hold the equivalent or higher rank being tested for in a Police Department in a city of 50,000 or more in population. All of the assessors shall have held that equivalent or higher position for a minimum of three (3) years. 2. The City and the Association shall agree on the guidelines to be presented to the Assessment Center Board for use in their examination. Page 16