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AL SB324

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/11/2021

Primary Sponsor

Rodger Smitherman

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2021

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 36-32-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to add paramedics to the list of employees exempt from minimum physical fitness requirements as trainees for firefighters in Class 1 municipalities.

  • Paramedics employed by firefighting agencies of any Class 1 municipality are not required to meet the minimum physical requirements prescribed by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission.

  • Maintains existing exemptions for fire prevention inspectors, fire protection engineers, public fire and life safety educators, public safety dispatchers, and clerical or secretarial personnel in Class 1 municipalities.

  • Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

Legislative Description

Firefighting agencies, paramedics employed by a firefighting agency of a Class 1 municipality are exempt from certain physical fitness requirements, Sec. 36-32-7 am'd.

Firefighting Agency

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs

3/11/2021

Committee Referrals

Governmental Affairs3/11/2021

Full Bill Text

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