HB441 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jack Williams
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Jefferson County, personnel board, Citizens Supervisory Commission, composition and duties, Act 248, 1945 Reg. Sess., am'd
Summary: HB441 amends Jefferson County's 1945 Act to redefine how the Citizens Supervisory Commission is formed and how it oversees the county personnel board.
What This Bill Does
The bill expands and specifies who can serve on the Citizens Supervisory Commission, listing various public officials and organizational leaders who will be represented. It requires certain seats to be filled by elections or appointments from classified employees, with two-year terms and rules for vacancies and alternates. It gives the commission authority to review and advise on personnel board rules and to fill personnel board vacancies, while keeping the personnel board's rulemaking powers intact. It also sets meeting schedules, open meetings requirements, per diem payments, and impeachment provisions for board members, and it makes probate court leadership the chairman of the commission, with additional duties.

Who It Affects
County employees in the Classified Service (including firefighters, police, and other non-public safety employees, plus municipal employees) who elect commission members and are affected by the two-year terms, vacancies, and voting rules.
Officials and organizations that will have seats or representation on the commission or influence its composition (e.g., the County Commission chair, the mayor of the largest city, the County Mayors Association member, the probate judge, chamber of commerce leaders, American Legion posts, PTA councils, engineering clubs, farm bureaus, and other listed groups).

Key Provisions
The Citizens Supervisory Commission shall have not fewer than five members and include representatives from multiple categories (county officials, city officials, public safety and non-public safety employees, and various organizations).
Employee-seat members are elected by the classified employees in the county for two-year terms, with rules for nominations, notice, and alternates; vacancies are filled by the same designated method.
The Commission is chaired by the probate judge (with tie-breaking vote) and can appoint, credential, and supervise its members, including duties to maintain records and administer oaths; if the probate judge is unavailable, the chief clerk acts as chair with similar authority.
The Commission may set its own meeting schedule (at least twice a year) and must receive annual and periodic reports related to the personnel board; it can advise on and, if needed, fill vacancies on the personnel board, but cannot amend the personnel board’s rules.
Open meetings requirements apply to all Commission meetings, with notice provisions for meetings.
The personnel board members are subject to impeachment under the same constitutional process as other county officers.
Costs: Commission members receive a per diem and related expenses as part of the county’s personnel system expenses.
Section 3 repeals conflicting laws; Section 4 makes the act effective immediately after governor approval.

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Subjects: Jefferson County