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AL HB471
Bill
Status
6/1/2023
Primary Sponsor
Danny Garrett
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AI Summary
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Applies to Class 8 municipalities with corporate limits in two counties, population of 25,000 or greater, and subject to a county personnel board as of January 1, 2023.
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Authorizes municipal governing bodies to opt out from county personnel board jurisdiction by ordinance, effective six months after passage.
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Municipalities may opt back into county personnel board jurisdiction only after at least 10 years have elapsed, effective six months after ordinance passage.
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Requires municipalities that opt out to create their own civil service system that protects and does not diminish vested or vesting rights of existing county civil service appointees.
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Prohibits municipalities from engaging in discrimination prohibited by state or federal law and requires adoption of a policy explicitly prohibiting discriminatory appointment, promotion, demotion, or dismissal based on political or religious opinions, race, gender, or other legally prohibited reasons.
Legislative Description
Relating to county personnel boards; to authorize certain municipalities to opt out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board and to require a municipality that opts out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board to create a civil service system and continue the rights of employees and officials vested or vesting in the county personnel board.
County Personnel Boards; certain Class 8 municipalities authorized to opt out
Last Action
Enacted
6/1/2023