HB181 Summary

• Amends Mobile County's civil service system by modifying the Supervisory Committee structure to include elected officials, nonelected officials from professional associations, and employee representatives elected at public meetings with published notices.

• Establishes five personnel board members appointed from five districts corresponding to specific House Districts, with each member receiving $700 monthly expense allowance and $75 per meeting attended.

• Increases compensation for board members from $600 to $700 monthly, and from $60 to $75 per meeting and per day for trials and hearings.

• Requires the Personnel Director to add disabled persons certified by Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services to referral lists of 10 applicants for employment positions, though the Director may deny preference if the person is unfit to perform the job duties.

• Modifies dismissal and appeal procedures, allowing the personnel board to be a party in circuit court appeals and clarifying that notices of supervisory committee meetings may be published in daily or online newspapers in Mobile County.