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HB32
4Y77IR3-1
By Representative Tillman
RFD: State Government
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 29-Aug-24
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PFD: 29-Aug-24
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would implement a semi-monthly pay
plan for employees of local boards of education.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to local boards of education; to provide for
semi-monthly salary payments of local board of education
employees; and to provide for local boards of education to opt
out of semi-monthly salary payments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Beginning August 1, 2026, each local
board of education shall pay the employees of the board
semi-monthly one payday in arrears. Except as otherwise
provided in this section, salary payments based on the
semi-monthly plan shall be made on the first and sixteenth day
of each month.
(b) If the first or sixteenth day of any month, other
than the first day of October, falls on a Saturday, a Sunday,
or a holiday, then the salary payment shall be made on the
last workday immediately prior to the Saturday, the Sunday, or
the holiday. If the first day of October falls on a Saturday,
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the holiday. If the first day of October falls on a Saturday,
a Sunday, or a holiday, then the salary payment shall be made
on the next succeeding workday.
(c) A local board of education may opt out of the
provisions of this section by written board resolution. The
board must file this resolution with the State Superintendent
of Education within 60 days of passage of the resolution.
(d) The state Comptroller, the State Superintendent of
Education, and the State Board of Education shall adopt
policies to implement the provisions of this section.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
implementation of a semi-monthly pay plan shall not reduce any
employee's annual rate of compensation.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on July 1,
2025.
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