HB336ENROLLED Page 0 7QOXV2-2 By Representative Hollis RFD: Economic Development and Tourism First Read: 18-Apr-23 2023 Regular Session 1 2 3 4 5 HB336 EnrolledHB336 Enrolled Page 1 Enrolled, An Act, Relating to commissions; to amend Sections 9-14C-2 and 9-14C-8, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission to be renamed the Jefferson County Greenways Commission. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 9-14C-2 and 9-14C-8, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: "§9-14C-2 (a) There is created the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission to acquire, establish, operate, and maintain as a greenway, recreational and educational area, alternative transportation route, and historic site the land and buildings in Jefferson County along Red Mountain in Birmingham. The purpose of the commission shall be to own, preserve, restore, maintain, and promote as a greenway, recreational area, or historic site the land and relics of the property known as Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area, and, in recognition of the important role played by the steel industry in the development of this state, to exhibit this property as an example of the process of mining minerals necessary for the production of steel in this state's early days. (b) The Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission as provided for in this chapter shall officially be renamed and called the Jefferson County Greenways Commission. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB336 EnrolledHB336 Enrolled Page 2 This section shall in no manner alter the powers, duties, property, personnel, function, or liability of the commission. A reference in any provision of the law to the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission shall be deemed a reference to the Jefferson County Greenways Commission. " "§9-14C-8 (a) Employees of the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission commission shall not be employees of the state, but shall be treated as state employees for the purpose of participating in any insurance or retirement/pension programs provided for state employees. (b) The Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission commission may pay the employer’s contributions to any insurance or retirement/pension programs out of any funds appropriated or available to the commission for any purpose whatsoever, and the commission may deduct the employee’s contributions for the programs by means of payroll deductions or otherwise from any salary or compensation paid employees." Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 HB336 EnrolledHB336 Enrolled Page 3 ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 02-May-23. John Treadwell Clerk Senate 24-May-23 Passed 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75