A police officer under civil service may be appointed chief of police and a firefighter under civilservice may be appointed chief of the firedepartment without losing civil service status, and shall retain, while holding the office of chief, the same civil service rights that the officer or fire fighter may have had immediately previous to appointment as chief, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend to such individual any civil service right upon which the individual may retain the position of chief.
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