HB468 Alabama 2019 Session

Signed by Governor

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Chris England

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Corrections Dept., two-step salary increase for certain employees, to receive payment for any accrued and unused annual leave, bonuses, Secs. 14-1-20, 36-26-35 am'd.

Description

This bill would provide a two-step salary increase for certain employees in specified classifications of the Department of Corrections This bill would also allow certain officers and employees of the department to receive payment for any accrued and unused annual leave day in excess of 480 hours, up to a maximum of 80 hours per year Under existing law, the department is authorized to implement a pilot program designed to increase correctional officer hiring and retention by offering bonuses or educational incentives, or a combination of both, to correctional officers and trainees under certain conditions This bill would expand this program to include the payment of bonuses for additional training achievements and certain milestones achieved by employees in specified classifications under certain conditions This bill would also revise the cap on the amount of bonuses that may be paid to the officers under the program and would provide that no bonuses may be paid by the department after December 31, 2025 Relating to the Department of Corrections; to provide a two-step salary increase for certain employees of the Department of Corrections in specified classifications; to amend Section 36-26-35, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow certain officers and employees of the department to receive payment for any accrued and unused annual leave in excess of 480 hours, up to a specified amount; to amend Section 14-1-20, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the bonus incentive program of the department to include the payment of bonuses for additional training achievements and certain milestones achieved by employees in specified classifications under certain conditions; to revise the cap on the amount of bonuses that may be paid to the officers under the program; and to specify the time frame in which bonuses may be paid by the department.

Subjects

Corrections Department

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 23, 2019	H	Forwarded to Governor on May 23, 2019 at 12:41 p.m. on May 23, 2019.
May 23, 2019	H	Assigned Act No. 2019-286.
May 23, 2019	H	Clerk of the House Certification
May 23, 2019	H	Enrolled
May 23, 2019	S	Signature Requested
May 23, 2019	H	Passed Second House
May 23, 2019	S	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1119
May 23, 2019	S	Third Reading Passed
May 8, 2019	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 2, 2019	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
April 30, 2019	H	Mooney intended to vote Yea
April 30, 2019	H	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 430
April 30, 2019	H	Third Reading Passed
April 25, 2019	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
April 18, 2019	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Bill Calendar

Type	Date	Location	Description
Hearing	May 8, 2019	Room 825 *BILL ADDED* at 00:00	Senate F&TG Hearing
Hearing	April 24, 2019	Room 617 at 13:30	House W&MGF Hearing

Bill Text

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