SB450 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rusty Glover

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Vivian Davis Figures

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Mobile Co., office of license commissioner abolish, duties, functions, and employees transferred to the office of revenue commissioner, compensation, co. commission provide adequate space for expanded office, const. amend.

Summary

Constitutional amendment to abolish Mobile County’s License Commissioner office and merge its functions into the Revenue Commissioner’s office.

What This Bill Does

If approved, the License Commissioner position in Mobile County would be eliminated. All duties, equipment, funds, and employees of that office would move to the Revenue Commissioner’s office, effective October 1, 2015. A combined revenue office would include the former secretary to the license commissioner as an appointed staff member under the Revenue Commissioner, with salary rules and the possibility to hire up to six additional employees. The Revenue Commissioner’s salary would be set at 75 percent of the historic combined salaries of both offices, and the County Commission must provide space for the expanded office. Special fees previously collected by the license office would continue to be collected by the Revenue Commissioner. The amendment would require an election to adopt it.

Who It Affects

• Employees of the Mobile County License Commissioner’s office: their duties, equipment, funds, and staff would transfer to the Revenue Commissioner’s office; the secretary position would become part of the Revenue Commissioner’s staff with salary rules; up to six additional staff could be appointed.
• Mobile County residents who use licensing and revenue services: they would interact with a single, merged Revenue Commissioner’s office rather than separate offices, with special fees continuing to be collected by the Revenue Commissioner.

Key Provisions

• Effective October 1, 2015, the Office of the License Commissioner is abolished and all its duties, functions, equipment, and funds are transferred to the Office of the Revenue Commissioner.
• All special fees paid to the license commissioner (under prior local acts) shall continue to be assessed and paid to the Revenue Commissioner starting October 1, 2015.
• The secretary to the license commissioner becomes an appointed employee of the Revenue Commissioner; salary shall not exceed the salary of the Mobile County Commission’s secretaries; the Revenue Commissioner may appoint up to six additional staff.
• The Revenue Commissioner’s salary shall be 75 percent of the combined salaries of the former license commissioner and revenue commissioner as paid before October 1, 2015.
• The County Commission must provide adequate space to accommodate the expanded Revenue Commissioner office.
• A constitutional amendment election is required to approve the changes, with the described ballot language and effective date.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments