HB563 Alabama 2014 Session

Relating to the City of Anniston in Calhoun County, Alabama; to amend Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of Act 592 of the 1953 Regular Session (Acts 1953, p. 838), as amended, now appearing as Section 45-8A-22.01, et seq., Code of Alabama 1975, establishing a civil service system; to provide that all persons employed in positions within the police and fire departments of the city on the effective date of this act and thereafter, and all other employees on the effective date of this act who do not opt-out of the civil service system, as long as an employee remains in his or her current position, shall continue as civil service employees subject to the civil service system; to provide that other employees of the city shall be subject to any personnel policies and procedures established by the city council and shall not be subject to the civil service system; and to amend Section 4.02 of Act 404 of the 1953 Regular Session (Acts 1953, p. 472), now appearing as Section 45-8A-23.091 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that employees appointed by the city manager would be appointed subject to the personnel policies of the city.