SB566 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

J.T. WaggonerSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Jefferson County, personnel board, Citizens Supervisory Commission, composition and duties, Act 248, 1945 Reg. Sess., am'd

Summary

SB566 updates Jefferson County's Citizens Supervisory Commission by changing who can serve, how they are chosen, and how they supervise the county's personnel board.

What This Bill Does

It specifies who can sit on the Citizens Supervisory Commission and how they are selected, including elected representation from county employees and appointed seats for various organizations. Employee seats are elected by classified county employees (public safety and non-public safety) for two-year terms, with limits on succession. The commission appoints and advises the county personnel board, meets twice yearly, can review the board's rules, and can fill board vacancies. The probate judge leads the commission, with specific credentialing, meeting, and procedural duties, and the act sets per diem pay and impeachment provisions for board members.

Who It Affects

• Classified county employees: they elect one or more commission members and influence representation on the commission; their terms are two years and may include limited renewal.
• Municipal employees in Jefferson County: they elect commission members to represent them, with terms similar to county employees and restrictions on pollutants (no police or fire department employees may serve from the same department, and no municipality may have more than three consecutive terms for its employee seat).
• County officials and local organizations that appoint or designate representatives: positions such as the County Commission chair, the mayor of the largest city by employees, the probate judge, the chamber of commerce leader, and heads of certain associations and groups (e.g., American Legion posts, PTA councils, engineers clubs, farm bureau)–these groups provide seats on the commission.
• Jefferson County Personnel Board: the commission is empowered to appoint and advise the board, oversee its operations, and fill board vacancies.
• General residents of Jefferson County: their county personnel system is overseen and governed through the commission’s actions and rules.

Key Provisions

• The Citizens Supervisory Commission must include at least five members drawn from a specified mix of county officials and organizational leaders (e.g., president of County Commission, mayor of the largest employer city, probate judge, chamber of commerce leader, various association heads) and from employee representatives elected by classified employees.
• Employee seats are filled by elections conducted by eligible classified county employees (for public safety and non-public safety categories) with two-year terms, and members may succeed themselves for one additional year; vacancies are filled in the same manner as the original designation.
• No employee of a municipal police or fire department may sit on the commission, and no single municipality may have employee representation on the commission for more than three consecutive terms.
• The commission’s primary role is to appoint and advise the county personnel board, including filling vacancies on the board and recommending actions to improve administration of the act.
• The probate judge serves as chair of the commission, has voting rights only to break ties, handles credentialing of members, administers oaths, and can involve the sheriff to maintain order; if unavailable, the chief clerk acts as chair with the same authority.
• The commission meets twice a year (semi-annual meetings) and can also call special meetings; it can review and repeal personnel board rules (but cannot amend rules or create new ones for the board), and it must publish meeting notices and keep a roster of members. Members receive a per diem for attending meetings, and the act includes impeachment provisions for the personnel board.

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Subjects

Jefferson County