HB493 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Randy Davis
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Harry Shiver Joe Faust Alan Baker
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Baldwin Co., county personnel merit system, appointment of budget director and communication and information systems director as contract employees, Sec. 45-2-120.12 am'd.
Summary: HB493 adds the Baldwin County budget director and the communication and information systems director to the county's contract employee list with defined contract terms.
What This Bill Does
The bill expands the list of contract employees to include the budget director and the communication and information systems director. For these positions, contracts must include termination and severance, a job description, an annual written performance evaluation, and rules about whether the contract continues after a new four-year election. The contract is nonbinding on the successor county commission after each election, but must be cancelled or continued within 90 days of the successor taking office, and dismissal or non-renewal requires a three-fourths vote of the elected county commissioners.

Who It Affects
Budget director and communication and information systems director: become contract employees under the county's personnel merit system and are subject to the contract provisions described.
Baldwin County Commission and future commissions: must enter into and manage these contracts, with the flexibility and constraints tied to election cycles and the requirement of a 3/4 vote for dismissal or non-renewal.

Key Provisions
Adds budget director and communication and information systems director to the list of contract employees in Section 45-2-120.12.
Contracts for these positions must include: termination and severance; a job description; an annual written evaluation; a clause that the contract is nonbinding on the successor after each four-year election but must be canceled or continued within 90 days of the successor taking office; and a rule that dismissal or non-renewal requires a three-fourths vote of the elected county commission.

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Subjects: Baldwin County