SB336 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kirk HatcherSenator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to Montgomery County and to municipalities in the county having a population of 5,000 or more people, according to the most recent or any subsequent federal census; to amend Section 45-51A-32.113, as last amended by Act 2022-370 of the 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, establishing a countywide personnel system; to provide that certain city employees are members of the exempt service of the municipality.

Summary

SB336 would expand the countywide personnel system in Montgomery County by making many city and municipal positions exempt from the competitive service and placing them under mayoral appointment and municipality-specific exemptions.

What This Bill Does

It applies the countywide personnel system to the county and its municipalities with 5,000+ people, but lists numerous groups and positions that are exempt from competitive service. It allows the mayor to appoint many department heads and other officials as exempt, with their pay set by the personnel board after a pay/classification study. It also preserves a competitive/classified service for positions not exempted and provides for potential restoration to competitive service if an exempt appointee is removed without cause; it covers employees of public corporations as appropriate, with appointed members generally not included in the competitive service.

Who It Affects

• Municipal and county employees whose positions are listed as exempt (for example, many department heads, staff, and certain administrative roles) would become exempt from the competitive service and be appointed at the pleasure of the mayor, with compensation determined by the personnel board after a pay study.
• Employees not listed as exempt would remain in the competitive or classified service under the countywide personnel system, and the bill intends to include all existing offices and employments funded by the county or municipality, including personnel of public corporations (except appointed members of those corporations).

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 45-51A-32.113 to apply the countywide personnel system to the county and affected municipalities and to designate certain city employees as members of the municipality's exempt service.
• Exempts specific groups from the competitive service, including elective officials (with conditions if their status changes to appointive), members of appointive boards and commissions, most school system employees, attorneys and certain professionals, the personnel director, and many listed municipal offices and staff appointed at the mayor's pleasure.
• Requires compensation for exempt positions listed in the bill to be set by the personnel board following a pay and classification study, and allows a former competitive/classified employee removed for non-cause reasons to return to the competitive/classified service as if never appointed.
• Not-exempted offices, positions, and employments remain in the competitive or classified service; the act intends to cover all such offices and employments existing or that may exist, funded by the county or municipality, including personnel of public corporations (except that appointed members of any such public corporation shall not be included in the competitive or classified service).
• Effective date: the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage.

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Subjects

Montgomery County, countywide personnel systems, municipalities, exempt positions expanded, appointment by manager