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4	4	By Senator Williams
5	5	RFD: Banking and Insurance
6	6	First Read: 04-Apr-23
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11	11	5 35MYZZ-1 03/20/2023 FC (L) ma 2023-43
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13	13	SYNOPSIS:
14	14	This bill would authorize any county, any
15	15	municipality in the county, or any governmental entity
16	16	in the county subject to a countywide civil service
17	17	system established by a local law to elect by a
18	18	majority vote of the governing body of the county,
19	19	municipality, or governmental entity to be exempt from
20	20	the recruitment and hiring provisions of the countywide
21	21	civil service system.
22	22	This bill would also require the county,
23	23	municipality, or governmental entity to adopt a human
24	24	resources policy and procedures manual and to provide
25	25	written notification to the director of the countywide
26	26	civil service system.
27	27	This bill would provide that employees, after a
28	28	probationary period, would be merit system employees
29	29	subject to all rights and protections under the
30	30	countywide civil service system.
31	31	A BILL
32	32	TO BE ENTITLED
33	33	AN ACT
34	34	To authorize any county, municipality, or governmental
35	35	entity subject to a countywide civil service system
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65	65	established by a local law to elect by a majority vote of the
66	66	governing body of the county, municipality, or governmental
67	67	entity to be exempt from the countywide civil service system
68	68	for the recruitment and hiring of all employees; to require
69	69	the county, municipality, or governmental entity to adopt a
70	70	human resources policy and procedures manual and to notify the
71	71	director of the countywide civil service system of its
72	72	decision to withdraw from the system for the recruitment and
73	73	hiring of employees; and to provide that employees, after a
74	74	probationary period, would be merit system employees subject
75	75	to all rights and protections under the countywide civil
76	76	service system.
77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
78	78	Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
79	79	term "countywide civil service system" means a civil service
80	80	system established by a local law that did not require
81	81	approval by a referendum and that applies only to a named
82	82	county that does not sponsor a retirement plan for its
83	83	employees and was not established by a general law of local
84	84	application that at the time of its enactment applied only to
85	85	a county or counties based on population, certain
86	86	municipalities in the county, and any governmental entity in
87	87	the county to which the civil service system applies.
88	88	(b) Any county, municipality, or governmental entity
89	89	subject to a countywide civil service system, by a majority
90	90	vote of the county commission, the city or town council, or
91	91	the governmental entity, may elect to opt out of the
92	92	countywide civil service system for the recruitment, testing,
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122	122	interviewing, and hiring of all employees.
123	123	(c) Any county, municipality, or governmental entity
124	124	making the election authorized by subsection (b), prior to the
125	125	effective date of the partial withdrawal, shall adopt a human
126	126	resources policy and procedures manual, which shall include
127	127	personnel policy guidelines; operational standards; employee
128	128	management, recruitment, testing, hiring and termination
129	129	procedures; equal employment opportunities policies; and
130	130	workplace harassment policies to ensure compliance with
131	131	applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
132	132	(d) A county, municipality, or governmental entity
133	133	making the election pursuant to this section shall provide
134	134	written notice to the director of the countywide civil service
135	135	system of its decision to conduct its own recruitment and
136	136	hiring outside of the countywide civil service system.
137	137	(e) Any employee hired by a county, municipality, or
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139	139	countywide civil service system, provided that the employee
140	140	shall complete a probationary period of twelve months during
141	141	which probationary period the employee shall be an at-will
142	142	employee with no property right in his or her position. Upon
143	143	satisfactory completion of the probationary period, the
144	144	employee shall be subject to all rights and protections
145	145	currently provided by the countywide civil service system.
146	146	Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately
147	147	following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
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