SB163INTRODUCED
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35MYZZ-1
By Senator Williams
RFD: Banking and Insurance
First Read: 04-Apr-23
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SYNOPSIS:
This bill would authorize any county, any
municipality in the county, or any governmental entity
in the county subject to a countywide civil service
system established by a local law to elect by a
majority vote of the governing body of the county,
municipality, or governmental entity to be exempt from
the recruitment and hiring provisions of the countywide
civil service system.
This bill would also require the county,
municipality, or governmental entity to adopt a human
resources policy and procedures manual and to provide
written notification to the director of the countywide
civil service system.
This bill would provide that employees, after a
probationary period, would be merit system employees
subject to all rights and protections under the
countywide civil service system.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To authorize any county, municipality, or governmental
entity subject to a countywide civil service system
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established by a local law to elect by a majority vote of the
governing body of the county, municipality, or governmental
entity to be exempt from the countywide civil service system
for the recruitment and hiring of all employees; to require
the county, municipality, or governmental entity to adopt a
human resources policy and procedures manual and to notify the
director of the countywide civil service system of its
decision to withdraw from the system for the recruitment and
hiring of employees; and to provide that employees, after a
probationary period, would be merit system employees subject
to all rights and protections under the countywide civil
service system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
term "countywide civil service system" means a civil service
system established by a local law that did not require
approval by a referendum and that applies only to a named
county that does not sponsor a retirement plan for its
employees and was not established by a general law of local
application that at the time of its enactment applied only to
a county or counties based on population, certain
municipalities in the county, and any governmental entity in
the county to which the civil service system applies.
(b) Any county, municipality, or governmental entity
subject to a countywide civil service system, by a majority
vote of the county commission, the city or town council, or
the governmental entity, may elect to opt out of the
countywide civil service system for the recruitment, testing,
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interviewing, and hiring of all employees.
(c) Any county, municipality, or governmental entity
making the election authorized by subsection (b), prior to the
effective date of the partial withdrawal, shall adopt a human
resources policy and procedures manual, which shall include
personnel policy guidelines; operational standards; employee
management, recruitment, testing, hiring and termination
procedures; equal employment opportunities policies; and
workplace harassment policies to ensure compliance with
applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
(d) A county, municipality, or governmental entity
making the election pursuant to this section shall provide
written notice to the director of the countywide civil service
system of its decision to conduct its own recruitment and
hiring outside of the countywide civil service system.
(e) Any employee hired by a county, municipality, or
governmental entity shall immediately become subject to the
countywide civil service system, provided that the employee
shall complete a probationary period of twelve months during
which probationary period the employee shall be an at-will
employee with no property right in his or her position. Upon
satisfactory completion of the probationary period, the
employee shall be subject to all rights and protections
currently provided by the countywide civil service system.
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately
following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
otherwise becoming law.
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