HB500 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Reed IngramRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to Montgomery County and the City of Montgomery; to establish a separate personnel merit system and a separate human resources department for the county and the city; to provide for separate personnel appeals boards for each separate personnel merit system; to provide for the transfer of existing employees to the appropriate system; to provide for the adoption of rules and procedures for each system; to provide for the transfer of property and records; and to provide for the repeal of Sections 45-51A-32.110 to 45-51A-32.127, Code of Alabama 1975, inclusive, effective January 1, 2024.

Summary

HB500 creates separate merit-based personnel systems and human resources departments for the City of Montgomery and Montgomery County, with their own appeals boards and transfer of employees and records from the old system, effective January 1, 2024.

What This Bill Does

It establishes two distinct merit-based personnel systems (one for the city and one for the county) and an accompanying human resources department for each. It creates separate personnel appeals boards to hear final employee-action appeals, transfers existing city and county employees and their records to the new systems, and repeals the current Montgomery City/County Personnel Department provisions. It also requires adopting new rules and procedures focused on fairness and compliance with laws, with the transition taking effect on January 1, 2024 and rules due by December 1, 2023.

Who It Affects

• City of Montgomery employees (classified and unclassified) will be governed by a new city merit-based system with its own HR department and appeals board, and their records and property will transfer to the city system.
• Montgomery County employees (classified and unclassified) will be governed by a new county merit-based system with its own HR department and appeals board, and their records and property will transfer to the county system.

Key Provisions

• Establish a separate merit-based personnel system and a separate human resources department for the City of Montgomery, guided by fairness, equity, and compliance with laws.
• Create a city personnel appeals board (three members, elected by the City Council) to hear appeals from final employee actions, with specified terms and meeting requirements.
• Transfer all city employees and city records to the new city system and repeal existing Montgomery City/County Personnel Department provisions; transfer of property to the city system.
• Establish a separate merit-based personnel system and a separate human resources department for Montgomery County, with similar fairness and legal compliance goals.
• Create a county personnel appeals board (three members, elected by the Montgomery County Commission) to hear appeals, with defined terms and meeting requirements.
• Transfer all county employees and county records to the new county system and repeal the current Montgomery City/County personnel provisions; effective January 1, 2024.

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