HB 635

This bill would authorize the city council of a Class 5 municipality organized under Chapter 43D of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for clerical assistance to the council

Relating to any Class 5 municipality organized under Chapter 43D of the Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Section 11-43D-14 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the city council by ordinance to provide for the employment of clerical assistants for the council.

Section 1

Section 11-43D-14 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§11-43D-14.

(a) The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall have general supervision and control of all other officers, employees, and affairs of the city, which shall include the management of the public utilities, either owned and operated by the city or operated by private corporations under contracts with the city. The general law applicable to mayor-council municipalities notwithstanding, the mayor shall have the power to may appoint all officers and employees of the city subject to the rules and regulations of any civil service or merit system that may be applicable to said the city. The mayor may remove any person appointed by him or her subject to the rules and regulations of any civil service or merit system that may be applicable to said the city.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the city council, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of clerical assistants for members of the council who may be employed without regard to the civil service or merit system of the city. The clerical assistants shall serve at the pleasure of the council."

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.