HB471 Alabama 2023 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2023

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Danny Garrett Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2023
Title: Relating to county personnel boards; to authorize certain municipalities to opt out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board and to require a municipality that opts out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board to create a civil service system and continue the rights of employees and officials vested or vesting in the county personnel board.
Description: Under existing law, each county with a population of 400,000 or more shall have a county personnel board for all employees and appointees holding positions in the classified service of the county and each municipality with a population of 5,000 or more.
This bill would authorize a Class 8 municipality with a population of 25,000 or more according to the last decennial census and that has a corporate limit lying in two counties to opt out of the county personnel board's jurisdiction after six months notice, and to opt back in to the jurisdiction of the county personnel board not less than 10 years thereafter at the sole discretion of the municipality.
This bill would require a municipality that opts out of a county personnel board's jurisdiction to create its own municipal civil service system and continue all vested rights and interests of employees and appointees who were subject to the county personnel board.
This bill would also prohibit a municipality subject to this act from engaging in discrimination which is in violation of federal or state law and would require the municipality to adopt a certain HB471 INTRODUCED antidiscrimination policy.
Subjects: County Personnel Boards; certain Class 8 municipalities authorized to opt out