HB455INTRODUCED Page 0 HB455 32IQZEV-1 By Representatives Baker, Hammett (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 16-Apr-24 1 2 3 4 5 32IQZEV-1 02/01/2024 FC (L)ma 2024-411 Page 1 First Read: 16-Apr-24 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Escambia County; to amend Section 2 of Act 101 of the 1963 Regular Session (Acts 1963, p.280), relating to public roads and bridges in the county, to make permissive the requirement that the county engineer reside in the county. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 2 of Act 101 of the 1963 Regular Session (Acts 1963, p.280) is amended to read as follows: "Section 2. Immediately after the effective date of this Act, the Board of Revenue The Escambia County Commission shall appoint a county engineer for Escambia County to serve at the pleasure of the Board commission. The county engineer shall possess all the qualifications prescribed for county engineers by the general laws of Alabama. HeThe county engineer shall have general supervision of the road and bridge work of the county, under the direction of the Board of Revenue commission. The Board commission shall fix the salary of the county engineer, which shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the road and bridge funds of the county. The county engineer shall may reside in Escambia County during his or her term of employment." 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 HB455 INTRODUCED Page 2 or her term of employment." Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1, 2024. 29 30