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AL Code § 45-28-121.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.03 - Applicability.

Section 45-28-121.03Applicability. (a) This part shall apply to all officers and employees in the service of the county except: (1) Elective officers. (2) Members of appointive boards, commissions, and committees. (3) All employees and appointees of the county board of education, or persons engaged in the profession of teaching or in supervising teaching in the public schools. (4) Attorneys, who with the express or implied permission of any appointing authority or the county, hold themselves out for employment by others in the same or like line of work as that performed by them for such appointing authority. (5) Persons in the classified service within the meaning of and subject to the State of Alabama Merit System under any present or future law, and so long as such law remains effective. (6) Chief clerks, chief deputies, the county engineer, the road foreman, the personnel director, the shop foreman, chief appraisers, and/or any other declassified personnel as defined by the rules of the personnel board in the offices of the elective officers and officials. (b) Offices, positions, and employment designated above as coming within the scope of this part, and other offices, positions, and employments not exempted above, shall constitute the classified service of the county. It is intended hereby to include within the classified service all offices, positions, and employments now existing, or as they hereafter exist, which are paid in whole or in part from funds of the county, or the holders of which receive their compensation from any elected official and perform duties pertaining to the office of such elected official or officer except those hereinabove exempted in this section. It shall be made mandatory, upon the enactment of this part into law, that all employees hereinabove designated to be included with the classified service of the county. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §4.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.04 - Rules and Procedures.

Section 45-28-121.04Rules and procedures. In addition to such other matter as may be necessary and proper to carry out the intent and purposes of this part, rules shall be formulated and adopted by the personnel board, establishing specific procedures to govern the following phases of the personnel program. The rules and procedures shall contain provisions for equal opportunity in employment and advancement of all persons on a nondiscriminatory basis, and the rules and policies shall be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin. The rules and procedures shall be consistent with the requirements of the Office of Revenue Sharing, Office of the Secretary of Treasury, United States of America, and shall be approved by that office. Such rules shall be adopted only after consultation with the elected officials and shall be in force and effect and have the force of law only after approval of the county commission. (1) The formulation of minimum standards and qualifications for each class of position. (2) The evaluation of employees during the probationary period. (3) The separation from the service of employees through layoff, suspension, dismissal, and/or incapacity to perform required duties. (4) The maintenance and use of necessary records and forms. (5) The hiring or new employees. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §5.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.05 - Temporary Employment to Fill Vacancies.

Section 45-28-121.05Temporary employment to fill vacancies. During the period of suspension of any employee, or pending final action on proceedings to review the suspension, demotion, or dismissal of any employee, the vacancy may be filled only by temporary employment. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §6.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.06 - Probational Period.

Section 45-28-121.06Probational period. All original and promotional appointments shall be for a probationary period of 12 months during which the employee may be rejected by the appointing authorities at any time without right of appeal or hearing in any manner. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §7.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.07 - Regular Status.

Section 45-28-121.07Regular status. Any person holding a position or employment who shall have served continuously in such position for a period of 12 months immediately prior to May 29, 1984, shall assume regular status in the classified service in the position held on May 29, 1984, without preliminary examination or working tests and shall thereafter be subject in all respects to this part. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §8.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.08 - Demotion, Dismissal, Suspension, or Reductions in Pay.

Section 45-28-121.08Demotion, dismissal, suspension, or reductions in pay. (a) No employee in the classified service may be demoted, dismissed, suspended, or reduced in pay without just cause. (b) Any employee in the classified service who has been demoted, suspended, dismissed, or reduced in pay, shall be entitled to receive a written statement of the reasons for such action from the appointing authority within three working days, and he or she shall have three working days time thereafter within which to file an answer in writing thereto. A copy of such charges and answer shall be filed with the personnel director. In the event the employee files an answer, a copy of the written charges and of such answer shall be transmitted by the personnel director to the personnel board. Within 10 working days from the date of the filing of his or her answer to the written charges, or in the event such written charges have not been made available to him or her within the time prescribed, then within 10 working days after the action taken to demote, suspend, dismiss, or reduce the pay of the employee, he or she may file a written demand with the personnel director, requesting a hearing before the personnel board. The board shall then investigate the case and conduct a hearing as provided by this part and by the rules. Hearings shall be informally conducted and the rules of evidence need not apply. (c) This section shall not apply to reductions in pay which are part of a general plan to reduce salary and wages as an economy measure or as part of a general curtailment program; provided, however, that the reductions in pay which are part of a general plan to reduce salaries and wages as an economy measure or as part of a general curtailment program shall be prorated to all employees in the classified service. (d) The action of the personnel board after hearing pursuant to this section shall be final and conclusive; provided, however, that the action of the personnel board pursuant to such hearing may be reviewed by the Circuit Court of Etowah County upon the filing, by either the employee or the appointing authority, in the circuit court of the county of a petition for writ of certiorari directed to the personnel board and provided that the petition is filed by the employee or the appointing authority within 30 days from the date the decision of the personnel board has been rendered.  (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §9.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.09 - Abolishing Positions.

Section 45-28-121.09Abolishing positions. Whenever in the judgment of any appointing authority, namely, the sheriff, judge of probate, tax assessor, tax collector, and Etowah County Commission, it becomes necessary in the interest of economy or because the necessity for any position in this appointing authority to no longer exist, he or she may abolish any position in the classified service within his or her appointing authority and lay off the employee holding such position or employment without filing written charges and without the right to a hearing as provided in Section 45-28-121.08. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §10.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.10 - County Attorney to Render Legal Services.

Section 45-28-121.10County attorney to render legal services. In any matter requiring the services of any attorney, the personnel board may call upon the county attorney to render such legal services to the board as it may deem necessary or advisable. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §11.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.11 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-28-121.11Legislative intent. It is the intent of this part to create a personnel system for Etowah County effective May 29, 1984. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §12.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.12 - Violations.

Section 45-28-121.12Violations. Any person who violates this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §13.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.13 - Definitions.

Section 45-28-121.13Definitions. The terms appointing authority and appointing power are defined to mean any person, persons, department head, or elected official of the county who, on May 29, 1984, has the power by law to hire, employ, transfer, promote, demote, reinstate, lay off, suspend, and dismiss an employee affected by this part. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §14.)
AL Code § 45-28-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Cpmpensation.|Section 45-28-230 - Employees.

Section 45-28-230Employees. (a) In Etowah County, each employee of the office of the sheriff designated by the sheriff shall receive a uniform maintenance allowance in the amount of forty dollars ($40) per month. (b) In addition to any other compensation provided by law, each employee who is engaged in hazardous duties shall be paid, upon certification of the sheriff to the county commission that the employee performs hazardous duties, the amount of sixty dollars ($60) per month. (c) All allowances and compensation paid under the provisions of this section shall be paid out of such funds and in the same manner as other compensation to such deputy sheriffs is paid. (Act 81-1192, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 525, §1; Act 82-670, p. 104, §1; Act 99-657, p. 112, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-230.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Cpmpensation.|Section 45-28-230.01 - Sheriff.

Section 45-28-230.01Sheriff. (a) Upon the expiration of the present term of office, the Sheriff of Etowah County shall receive a total salary of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year. The salary herein provided shall constitute total compensation payable to the sheriff, in lieu of all fees, compensation, allowance, percentages, charges, and cost, except as otherwise provided by law. The salary herein provided shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the county treasury. (b)(1) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the sheriff shall be increased by ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum plus any existing expense allowance which shall be payable in equal monthly installments as salary from the general fund of the county, and at that time any expense allowance previously provided by law shall be repealed. (2) Commencing October 1, following the expiration of the current term of office, and each year thereafter for three years, the salary for the Sheriff of Etowah County shall be increased one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum to be payable from the general fund of the county. (Act 89-1010, p. 54, §1; Act 96-634, p. 1007, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-230.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Cpmpensation.|Section 45-28-230.02 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-28-230.02Expense allowance. In addition to any expense allowance, salary, or other compensation provided to the sheriff, the Etowah County Commission may provide the Sheriff of Etowah County with an additional expense allowance in an amount to be set by resolution of the commission. The expense allowance shall be paid in monthly installments out of the general fund of the county. (Act 2019-401, §2.)
AL Code § 45-28-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-28-232 - Fees; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-28-232Fees; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund; disposition of funds. (a)(1) In Etowah County the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be ten dollars ($10), which shall be collected by the sheriff. (2) Any and all monies collected under subdivision (1) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Etowah County in any bank located in Etowah County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund. (3) The Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund as provided in subdivision (2) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Etowah County or his or her appointed agent and shall be exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public’s interest and in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit. (4) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund as provided in this subsection and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other imbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (b)(1) In Etowah County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be increased by ten dollars ($10) in addition to any fee provided by subsection (a). (2) Any and all monies collected under subdivision (1) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Etowah County in any bank located in Etowah County, selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund and shall be used to fund the sheriff’s school resource officer program or if that program is discontinued, school safety by the sheriff’s office. (3) The additional pistol permit fee provided in this section and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (c)(1) In Etowah County, there is currently being paid by the Etowah County Commission to the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund created by subsection (a), a portion of certain monies received by the Etowah County Commission from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (2) Any and all monies paid to the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund from sources identified in subdivision (1) shall continue to be paid to the fund and used in a manner consistent with the uses provided for by subsection (a). (Act 87-644, p. 1149, §§1-4; Act 2004-446, p. 791, §§1-3; Act 2010-573, p. 1156, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Retirement.|Section 45-28-233 - Receipt of Badge and Pistol Upon Retirement.

Section 45-28-233Receipt of badge and pistol upon retirement. In Etowah County, any individual employed by the Etowah County Sheriff's Department as a certified law enforcement officer at the time of his or her retirement shall receive, as part of his or her retirement benefits, without cost, his or her badge and pistol. (Act 96-240, p. 269, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The sheriff, or any designee of the sheriff who is exempt pursuant to Section 45-28-234.01, vested with powers to appoint employees as provided by this part. (2) BOARD. The Personnel Board of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County created by this part. (3) CLASSIFIED SERVICE. All Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission-certified custodial, administrative, and clerical employees of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County not specifically exempted as command staff in subsection (b) of Section 45-28-234.01. (4) EMPLOYEE. Any person not exempt pursuant to Section 45-28-234.01 who is employed in the service of the office of the Sheriff of Etowah County. (Act 2015-351, §2.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.01 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.01THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) This part shall apply to all employees of the office of the sheriff.  (b) The following persons shall be exempt to the rules promulgated by the board: (1) The chief deputy. (2) The chief of detention. (3) The chief of administration. (4) The chief of investigation. (5) The director of communications. (6) The food service manager. (c) The persons specified in subsection (b) shall be appointed by the sheriff and serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. The salary of the employees specified in subsection (b) shall be established by the sheriff and paid from the county treasury as supplemented with discretionary funds provided by the sheriff, subject to the budgetary approval of the county commission as otherwise required by state law. In the event any exempt employee enumerated in subsection (b) is dismissed from his or her position by the sheriff, except for cause, the exempt employee may return to the classified service at the last classification held to a position assigned at the discretion of the sheriff. (Act 2015-351, §3.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.02 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.02THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  All classified employees covered under this part shall be governed by the rules promulgated by the board. Present employees shall remain in their respective employments. (Act 2015-351, §4.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.03 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.03THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) There is created the Personnel Board of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County which shall be composed of five members. One member shall be appointed by the sheriff and one member shall be appointed by each of the four members of the legislative delegation representing Etowah County. (b) The initial appointments shall be as follows: (1) The member appointed by the Sheriff of Etowah County shall serve an initial term of four years and shall serve as chair of the board. (2) The member appointed by the State Senator representing Senate District 10 shall serve an initial term of four years. (3) The member appointed by the House of Representatives member representing House District 28 shall serve an initial term of three years. (4) The member appointed by the House of Representatives member representing House District 29 shall serve an initial term of two years. (5) The member appointed by the House of Representatives member representing House District 30 shall serve an initial term of one year. (c) After completion of the initial term, all appointees shall serve terms of four years. (d) Each member of the board shall be a qualified elector of the county. No person shall be appointed to the board who holds any salaried public office or employment with the county, nor shall any member of the board be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the county or any county elective office or board for a period of one year after he or she has ceased to be a member of the personnel board. Any member of the board who is a candidate for, or is elected or appointed to another public office, shall not be eligible to serve as a member of the board. (e) Members of the board shall take the constitutional oath of office, which shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate . Vacancies on the board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. (Act 2015-351, §5.)