AL HB459

Applies only to Chambers County and establishes minimum qualifications for persons elected or appointed as sheriff, effective upon passage and approval.

Requires sheriff candidates to be U.S. citizens, county residents for at least one year, registered voters for one year, hold a high school diploma or GED, and be at least 25 years old.

Mandates sheriff candidates have three or more years of full-time law enforcement service with arrest powers and no felony convictions.

Requires elected sheriffs to complete minimum 12 hours of annual executive-level continuing education approved by the Alabama Sheriffs Association or National Sheriffs' Association.

Does not apply to supernumerary sheriffs.