HB55 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Bill Poole
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Northport, civil service system, city attorney deleted from exempt service, Act 1225, 1969 Reg. Sess. am'd.
Summary: HB55 moves the City of Northport's city attorney positions from exempt to classified civil service.
What This Bill Does
It amends Act 1225, 1969 to include attorneys rendering legal services in the classified service, removing them from exempt status. As classified employees, these attorneys would be subject to the city's civil service rules for hiring, removal, and pay. The bill keeps the existing framework where positions are either exempt or classified, with the governing body able to move positions between the two by resolution and to grant permanent status within the classified service. It becomes effective immediately after approval.

Who It Affects
City of Northport attorneys rendering legal services will be moved from exempt to classified service, making them subject to civil service rules.
The city’s governing body and boards/commissions, who retain authority to move positions between exempt and classified by resolution and to determine permanent status within the classified service.

Key Provisions
Provision 1: Move the positions of attorneys rendering legal services into the classified service by deleting them from the exempt service.
Provision 2: Maintain the general exempt/classified framework and the authority of the governing body to transfer positions between services by resolution, with provisions for permanent status in the classified service, and enact the act to take effect immediately.

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Subjects: Tuscaloosa County