Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB282 Compare Versions

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1	1		1 HB282
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3	3		3 By Representatives Ellis, Bedsole, Mooney, Drake, Carns,
4	4		4 Paschal and Farley (N & P)
5	5		5 RFD: Shelby County Legislation
6	6		6 First Read: 08-FEB-22
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10		-	2 ENROLLED, An Act,
11		-	3 Relating to Shelby County; to amend Section 6 of Act
12		-	4 93-664 of the 1993 Regular Session (Acts 1993, p. 1145), as
13		-	5 amended by Act 2015-344 of the 2015 Regular Session (Acts
14		-	6 2015, p. 1070), relating to the civil service system of the
15		-	7 county; to further provide for the unclassified service in the
16		-	8 office of the Property Tax Commissioner.
17		-	9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
18		-	10 Section 1. Section 6 of Act 93-664 of the 1993
19		-	11 Regular Session (Acts 1993, p. 1145), as amended by Act
20		-	12 2015-344 of the 2015 Regular Session (Acts 2015, p. 1070), is
21		-	13 amended to read as follows:
22		-	14 "Section 6. At the time Shelby County becomes
23		-	15 subject to the provisions of this act, all employees and
24		-	16 appointees holding full-time positions in the classified
25		-	17 service of the county shall be granted permanent status in the
26		-	18 classified service and designation as a regular employee as
27		-	19 herein defined. All employees employed in a position in the
28		-	20 classified service that have not completed their probationary
29		-	21 period shall be required to complete it before gaining the
30		-	22 designation as regular employees as defined herein. The
31		-	23 service shall be divided into two categories, as follows:
32		-	24 "(1) The Administrator of Probate and Recording
33		-	25 Services (Chief Clerk) and the Assistant to the Judge of
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35		-	1 Probate in the Office of the Judge of Probate and the
36		-	2 Administrator, Chief Appraiser, Supervisor of Collections and
37		-	3 Assessments, and the Supervisor of Business Personal Property
38		-	4 in the Office of the Property Tax Commissioner shall be
39		-	5 exempted from the civil service system and the classified
40		-	6 services.
41		-	7 "(2) A classified service comprised of all employees
42		-	8 and appointees holding regular full-time permanent positions
43		-	9 in the service of the county. Employees occupying these
44		-	10 positions shall be deemed to be in the classified service
45		-	11 unless specifically exempted from the service in accordance
46		-	12 with this act.
47		-	13 "(3) The unclassified service shall include, but not
48		-	14 be limited to, the following:
49		-	15 "a. Officials elected by popular vote.
50		-	16 "b. The County Attorney, County Manager, and County
51		-	17 Engineer.
52		-	18 "c. Consultants and/or independent contractors to
53		-	19 the commission.
54		-	20 "d. Individuals employed in positions which are
55		-	21 funded either partially or fully through federal, state, or
56		-	22 local grants.
57		-	23 "e. Guards performing security duties associated
58		-	24 with either courthouse security or inmate work details.
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60		-	1 "f. Employees occupying the positions of project
61		-	2 director, secretary, computer operator, or any other positions
62		-	3 of the Drug Task Force under the supervision of the Sheriff of
63		-	4 Shelby County or an incorporated board.
64		-	5 "g. Part-time members of boards.
65		-	6 "h. Attorneys, physicians, surgeons, and dentists
66		-	7 who, with permission of the appointing authority of a
67		-	8 governing body, engage in outside similar employment.
68		-	9 "i. The Administrator, Chief Appraiser, Supervisor
69		-	10 of Collections and Assessments, and the Supervisor of Business
70		-	11 Personal Property for the Property Tax Commissioner; and any
71		-	12 employees or appointees paid through the discretionary fund of
72		-	13 the Property Tax Commissioner. Notwithstanding any other
73		-	14 provisions of this act or any other law to the contrary, the
74		-	15 Property Tax Commissioner may from time to time adopt job
75		-	16 descriptions and assign duties and responsibilities to the
76		-	17 unclassified positions in the office of the Property Tax
77		-	18 Commissioner as determined appropriate.
78		-	19 "j. Any employees or appointees paid through the
79		-	20 discretionary fund of the Property Tax Commissioner who
80		-	21 receive or received more than 50 percent of their total
81		-	22 compensation from such fund.
82		-	23 "k. The Administrator of Probate and Recording
83		-	24 Services (Chief Clerk) and the Assistant to the Judge of
84		-	25 Probate. Any employees or appointees paid through the Index
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86		-	1 Fund (a discretionary fund of the Judge of Probate) or paid
87		-	2 through the Mental Health Program Discretionary Fund of the
88		-	3 Judge of Probate established by Act 2013-259, who receive or
89		-	4 received more than 50 percent of their total county
90		-	5 compensation from one of the funds.
91		-	6 "l. The chief probation officer-juvenile court
92		-	7 service director appointed by the district court judge that is
93		-	8 designated as the judge of the juvenile court. The County
94		-	9 Manager may provide performance information to the district
95		-	10 court judge concerning the chief probation officer-juvenile
96		-	11 court services director.
97		-	12 "m. Coroner and deputy coroner and any other
98		-	13 employees under the supervision of the coroner.
99		-	14 "n. Employees occupying positions recognized as
100		-	15 either part-time, temporary, students and interns, and
101		-	16 emergency.
102		-	17 "(4) All unclassified service positions in the
103		-	18 following departments shall be governed by the leave policies
104		-	19 and compensation schedule as outlined within this act: County
105		-	20 commission, Judge of Probate, Property Tax Commissioner.
106		-	21 Full-time employees in the unclassified service of the county
107		-	22 commission, the Office of Judge of Probate, and the Office of
108		-	23 Property Tax Commissioner shall receive benefits eligibility
109		-	24 as with the classified service. No board or appointing
110		-	25 authority shall be authorized to designate an individual in
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112		-	1 the unclassified service as a regular employee in the service
113		-	2 of the county."
114		-	3 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
115		-	4 first day of the third month following its passage and
116		-	5 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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122		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
123		-
124	12		5
125		-	6 President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
126		-	House of Representatives7
127		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in8
128		-	9 and was passed by the House 10-FEB-22.
129		-	10
130		-	11 Jeff Woodard
131		-	12 Clerk
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134		-	15
135		-	Senate16 17-FEB-22 Passed
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	16	+	9 A BILL
	17	+	10 TO BE ENTITLED
	18	+	11 AN ACT
	19	+	12
	20	+	13 Relating to Shelby County; to amend Section 6 of Act
	21	+	14 93-664 of the 1993 Regular Session (Acts 1993, p. 1145), as
	22	+	15 amended by Act 2015-344 of the 2015 Regular Session (Acts
	23	+	16 2015, p. 1070), relating to the civil service system of the
	24	+	17 county; to further provide for the unclassified service in the
	25	+	18 office of the Property Tax Commissioner.
	26	+	19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	27	+	20 Section 1. Section 6 of Act 93-664 of the 1993
	28	+	21 Regular Session (Acts 1993, p. 1145), as amended by Act
	29	+	22 2015-344 of the 2015 Regular Session (Acts 2015, p. 1070), is
	30	+	23 amended to read as follows:
	31	+	24 "Section 6. At the time Shelby County becomes
	32	+	25 subject to the provisions of this act, all employees and
	33	+	26 appointees holding full-time positions in the classified
	34	+	27 service of the county shall be granted permanent status in the
	35	+	Page 1 1 classified service and designation as a regular employee as
	36	+	2 herein defined. All employees employed in a position in the
	37	+	3 classified service that have not completed their probationary
	38	+	4 period shall be required to complete it before gaining the
	39	+	5 designation as regular employees as defined herein. The
	40	+	6 service shall be divided into two categories, as follows:
	41	+	7 "(1) The Administrator of Probate and Recording
	42	+	8 Services (Chief Clerk) and the Assistant to the Judge of
	43	+	9 Probate in the Office of the Judge of Probate and the
	44	+	10 Administrator, Chief Appraiser, Supervisor of Collections and
	45	+	11 Assessments, and the Supervisor of Business Personal Property
	46	+	12 in the Office of the Property Tax Commissioner shall be
	47	+	13 exempted from the civil service system and the classified
	48	+	14 services.
	49	+	15 "(2) A classified service comprised of all employees
	50	+	16 and appointees holding regular full-time permanent positions
	51	+	17 in the service of the county. Employees occupying these
	52	+	18 positions shall be deemed to be in the classified service
	53	+	19 unless specifically exempted from the service in accordance
	54	+	20 with this act.
	55	+	21 "(3) The unclassified service shall include, but not
	56	+	22 be limited to, the following:
	57	+	23 "a. Officials elected by popular vote.
	58	+	24 "b. The County Attorney, County Manager, and County
	59	+	25 Engineer.
	60	+	26 "c. Consultants and/or independent contractors to
	61	+	27 the commission.
	62	+	Page 2 1 "d. Individuals employed in positions which are
	63	+	2 funded either partially or fully through federal, state, or
	64	+	3 local grants.
	65	+	4 "e. Guards performing security duties associated
	66	+	5 with either courthouse security or inmate work details.
	67	+	6 "f. Employees occupying the positions of project
	68	+	7 director, secretary, computer operator, or any other positions
	69	+	8 of the Drug Task Force under the supervision of the Sheriff of
	70	+	9 Shelby County or an incorporated board.
	71	+	10 "g. Part-time members of boards.
	72	+	11 "h. Attorneys, physicians, surgeons, and dentists
	73	+	12 who, with permission of the appointing authority of a
	74	+	13 governing body, engage in outside similar employment.
	75	+	14 "i. The Administrator, Chief Appraiser, Supervisor
	76	+	15 of Collections and Assessments, and the Supervisor of Business
	77	+	16 Personal Property for the Property Tax Commissioner; and any
	78	+	17 employees or appointees paid through the discretionary fund of
	79	+	18 the Property Tax Commissioner. Notwithstanding any other
	80	+	19 provisions of this act or any other law to the contrary, the
	81	+	20 Property Tax Commissioner may from time to time adopt job
	82	+	21 descriptions and assign duties and responsibilities to the
	83	+	22 unclassified positions in the office of the Property Tax
	84	+	23 Commissioner as determined appropriate.
	85	+	24 "j. Any employees or appointees paid through the
	86	+	25 discretionary fund of the Property Tax Commissioner who
	87	+	26 receive or received more than 50 percent of their total
	88	+	27 compensation from such fund.
	89	+	Page 3 1 "k. The Administrator of Probate and Recording
	90	+	2 Services (Chief Clerk) and the Assistant to the Judge of
	91	+	3 Probate. Any employees or appointees paid through the Index
	92	+	4 Fund (a discretionary fund of the Judge of Probate) or paid
	93	+	5 through the Mental Health Program Discretionary Fund of the
	94	+	6 Judge of Probate established by Act 2013-259, who receive or
	95	+	7 received more than 50 percent of their total county
	96	+	8 compensation from one of the funds.
	97	+	9 "l. The chief probation officer-juvenile court
	98	+	10 service director appointed by the district court judge that is
	99	+	11 designated as the judge of the juvenile court. The County
	100	+	12 Manager may provide performance information to the district
	101	+	13 court judge concerning the chief probation officer-juvenile
	102	+	14 court services director.
	103	+	15 "m. Coroner and deputy coroner and any other
	104	+	16 employees under the supervision of the coroner.
	105	+	17 "n. Employees occupying positions recognized as
	106	+	18 either part-time, temporary, students and interns, and
	107	+	19 emergency.
	108	+	20 "(4) All unclassified service positions in the
	109	+	21 following departments shall be governed by the leave policies
	110	+	22 and compensation schedule as outlined within this act: County
	111	+	23 commission, Judge of Probate, Property Tax Commissioner.
	112	+	24 Full-time employees in the unclassified service of the county
	113	+	25 commission, the Office of Judge of Probate, and the Office of
	114	+	26 Property Tax Commissioner shall receive benefits eligibility
	115	+	27 as with the classified service. No board or appointing
	116	+	Page 4 1 authority shall be authorized to designate an individual in
	117	+	2 the unclassified service as a regular employee in the service
	118	+	3 of the county."
	119	+	4 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
	120	+	5 first day of the third month following its passage and
	121	+	6 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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