HB543 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Arnold MooneyRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Shelby Co., civil service system, exempt employees further provided for in Judge of Probate and Property Tax Commissioner offices, Act 93-664, 1993 Reg. Sess., am'd.
Summary: HB543 updates Shelby County's civil service rules to specify which jobs are exempt, which are in classified service, and which are unclassified, with changes affecting Probate and Property Tax offices.
What This Bill Does
It revises Section 6 to define exempt, classified, and unclassified employee categories and to place certain Probate and Property Tax staff outside the civil service. It requires probationary employees in the classified service to complete their probation before becoming regular employees. It lists many positions as unclassified and clarifies that unclassified staff cannot be designated as regular county employees, while some unclassified roles may have benefits eligibility similar to classified staff and be governed by specific leave and pay policies. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage.

Who It Affects
Exempt from civil service: Administrator of Probate and Recording Services (Chief Clerk), Assistant to the Judge of Probate, and the Administrator, Chief Appraiser, Supervisor of Collections, and Supervisor of Business Personal Property in the Property Tax Commissioner’s office.
All other county employees: Those in regular full-time permanent positions would be in the classified service (unless specifically exempted), while many roles listed in the unclassified service include elected officials, the County Attorney, County Manager, County Engineer, grant-funded staff, security guards, Drug Task Force staff, certain discretionary fund employees, and other specified positions.

Key Provisions
Section 6 redefines service into exempt from civil service, classified service for regular full-time permanent positions, and unclassified service with detailed categories.
Exempts specific Probate and Recording Services staff and certain Property Tax Commissioner staff from both civil service and classified service.
Defines classified service as all regular full-time permanent positions unless exempted by the act.
Outlines unclassified service categories, including elected officials, county officers, consultants, grant-funded or discretionary fund staff, security personnel, Drug Task Force roles, part-time board members, outside professionals, and others.
Prevents unclassified employees from becoming regular county employees; establishes that some unclassified positions in certain departments follow specific leave and compensation policies and may have benefits eligibility similar to classified staff.
Specifies that employees paid through discretionary funds or special funds may have threshold-based eligibility (e.g., more than 50% of total compensation from such funds) for certain provisions.
Effective date: the act takes effect on the first day of the third month after the governor signs it.

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Subjects: Shelby County