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AL Code § 45-37-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-111 - Compensation of Election Officials; Expense Allowance.

Section 45-37-111Compensation of election officials; expense allowance. (a)(1) This section shall apply only in Jefferson County. (2)a. In all general, municipal, special, and primary elections, the compensation of certain election officers and workers shall be as follows: The chief inspector shall be paid one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per day, the assistant chief inspector shall be paid eighty-five dollars ($85) per day, and each clerk and each worker assigned to canvas the vote shall be paid seventy-five dollars ($75) per day. In municipal elections where paper ballots are used exclusively, the provisions of law applicable to the use of paper ballots shall apply as to the amount which each election official in the voting centers or box shall be paid. To receive the returning fee allowed in this section the election official shall present an affidavit indicating he or she has attended an election procedure school since the last election. b. In all city and municipal elections, primary elections, or otherwise, held on the same day and time of any state and county elections, the election officials shall be paid by the municipality one-half of the per diem herein provided, as though an independent election were held at a different date and time. The compensation of the election officials shall be in addition to the cost and expenses of rental and the use of voting machines by the municipality. Otherwise, two or more elections held countywide on the same date and time shall be considered, for the purposes of this section, to be held as one election. (b) In Jefferson County, an election officer who works at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount which, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, shall make the total paid to each clerk one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day and the total amount paid to each returning officer and each inspector two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each day the election officer works at the polls during an election. (Act 81-752, p. 1277, §1; Act 88-929, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 539, §1; Act 2000-345, p. 547, §1; Act 2006-568, p. 1326, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 1 - General.|Section 45-37-120 - Reimbursement for Repairing or Replacing Clothing or Equipment.

Section 45-37-120Reimbursement for repairing or replacing clothing or equipment. (a)(1) This section shall apply to any county having a population of 600,000 or more, according to the 1970 or any succeeding federal decennial census. (2) As herein used, these terms have the meanings here given them: The county means any county subject to this section, and governing body means the county commission or other governing body of the county. (b) When any county officer’s or county employee’s clothing or equipment is damaged or destroyed while he or she is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties and is acting within the line and scope of his or her authority the county is authorized to reimburse such officer or employee, to the extent provided for herein, for such damage to, or such loss of, his or her clothing or equipment. No reimbursement paid hereunder shall exceed the actual cost of repairing or replacing the clothing or equipment which is the subject of such reimbursement. Reimbursement may be less than the actual cost of repairing or replacing such clothing or equipment. All reimbursements paid hereunder shall be payable from the general funds of the county. (c) The governing body is hereby authorized to establish procedures for the administration of this section and to adopt rules and regulations prescribing the conditions on which payments under this section shall be made. The governing body may repeal or amend any such rules or regulations. (Act 81-1062, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 309, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-37-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121 - Definitions.

Section 45-37-121Definitions. (a) In this part words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders and words used in the neuter gender include the masculine and feminine genders. (b) The terms governing body, governing bodies, and government as used in this part shall include the county board of health. (c) The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this part, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this subsection unless the context plainly indicates a contrary meaning: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY or APPOINTING POWER. The person, officer, board, council, commission, or other body, including the county board of health, whose lawful jurisdiction or powers are confined wholly or primarily within the territorial limits of such county and who or which possesses final power to appoint persons to services, jobs, offices, or positions, the compensation of which is paid in whole or in part from the public funds of such county or from the public funds of a municipality in such county subject to this part. (2) BOARD or THE BOARD. The personnel board created hereby. (3) COMMISSION. The citizens supervisory commission. (4) COUNTY. A county within the population class prescribed by this part. (5) EMPLOYEE or APPOINTEE. Persons in the classified service herein set up and appointed by an appointing authority, unless herein specifically excepted. (6) MUNICIPALITY or CITY. A village, town, or city duly incorporated and not excepted, excluded, or excused from the operation of this part and the county board of health within a county subject to this part. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.02 - Personnel Board - Composition; Meetings.

Section 45-37-121.02Personnel board - Composition; meetings. The personnel board shall be comprised of seven members consisting of the following persons: The Chair of the County Commission of Jefferson County; the mayor of the municipality having the greatest number of employees in the classified service; one member of the Jefferson County Mayors Association, an Alabama nonprofit corporation, not otherwise serving hereunder who is appointed by its governing body; two employees in the classified service, one of whom shall be African American not otherwise serving hereunder who shall be elected by popular vote of the permanent employees in the classified service from a list of nominations submitted to the director under the signatures of at least five employees in the classified service on or before September 30 of each year; and two persons appointed by the presiding Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, one of whom shall reside in the Bessemer judicial division and one of whom shall reside in the Birmingham judicial division, one of whom shall be African American and each of whom shall be qualified electors in the county, and neither of whom, nor any spouse or lineal descendant of a grandparent of such person or his or her spouse, shall be a current or former employee in the classified service or have held any public office of an appointing authority at any time. The term of office of each employee member of the personnel board shall be three years, except that notwithstanding the expiration of an employee member’s term of office, he or she shall continue to serve until such time as his or her successor has been elected. The term of office of each judicial appointee member of the personnel board shall be three years except that notwithstanding the expiration of a judicial appointee member’s term of office, he or she shall continue to serve until such time as his or her successor has been appointed. The board shall elect its chair from among the members and may create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine from time to time. The term of office of the chair shall be one year, and any chair or former chair shall be eligible for reelection to such office. The board shall meet once a month on dates to be fixed by its rules and regulations and as often as shall be necessary for the orderly conduct of its business. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §3; Acts 1967, No. 636, p. 1446, §1; Acts 1977, No. 684, p. 1183, §1; Act 87-225, p. 316, §1; Act 87-799, p. 1572, § 1; Act 89-739, p. 1467, §1; Act 2008-408, p. 801, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.03 - Personnel Board - Expenses.

Section 45-37-121.03Personnel board - Expenses. The salaries and all other expenses of the personnel board, the personnel director, and all others arising under the provisions hereof, unless otherwise herein provided, shall be paid by warrants drawn by the personnel board and signed by at least two members thereof on the general fund of the county. At the end of the county’s fiscal year it shall prorate the total sum which it has expended for the purposes of this part between itself and the cities and appointing authorities subject to this part, charging each with such part of the total sum so expended as the total number of employees of such county, city, or appointing authority who were subject to this part on the last day of the county’s fiscal year bears to the total number of employees of all appointing authorities subject to this part on such last day of the county’s fiscal year. The sum so arrived at by the county as the proper contribution of each shall be certified to the director of personnel and when approved by him or her in writing, shall become a liability of the respective county, city, and appointing authorities and shall be paid immediately to the county. In the event the salaries of a county, city, or an appointing authority are paid in part from different treasuries or different funds, in the same treasury, the liability for this contribution shall accrue against such various treasuries or funds in the same proportion, as the salaries of the employees of the county, city, or the appointing authorities are paid therefrom. In the event any contribution levied hereunder shall not be paid within 30 days after approval by the personnel director, the county may bring suit therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction and any judgment so recovered shall be satisfied from any funds in such treasury or funds against which such contribution levy lies. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.04 - Duties of County and Municipal Officials.

Section 45-37-121.04Duties of county and municipal officials. It shall be the duty of all elective officials in authority of either the counties or municipalities affected by this part to aid in all proper ways in carrying into effect this part and the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time thereunder, and especially at the request of the director of personnel to allow him or her the use of public buildings and heat and lights for the purpose of conducting examinations of applicants and investigations as provided by this part. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.05 - Accommodations, Supplies, Etc.

Section 45-37-121.05Accommodations, supplies, etc. The board of county commissioners of board of revenue or other like governing body of the county shall provide suitable rooms and accommodations for board and director of personnel, and cause the same to be furnished, heated, and lighted, for carrying out the work of the board, and shall cause to be furnished and paid for by the county all necessary stationery, postage, printing, clerical assistance, and supplies upon the requisition of the board. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.06 - Legal Services.

Section 45-37-121.06Legal services. If this part or its enforcement by the personnel board shall be called into question in any judicial proceeding, or if any person, county, or municipality shall fail or refuse to comply with the lawful orders or directions of the personnel board, such board may call upon the county or city attorney of any county or city subject to its control or may employ independent counsel to represent it in sustaining this part and its enforcement thereof and the compensation of such independent counsel shall be paid as other employees of the board are paid. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.07 - Status of Employees.

Section 45-37-121.07Status of employees. In the event that it both happens (1) that a municipality or other appointing authority shall hereafter become subject to this section and (2) that at the time such municipality or other appointing authority becomes subject to this section it then has in its employ employees or appointees who would come within the classified service as defined in this section, the board in its discretion may extend or grant permanent status to any or all such employees or appointees. The board in its discretion may extend or grant permanent status to any or all employees or appointees employed or appointed by the county board of health or the board of registrars, municipality, or other appointing authority at the time this section becomes effective including appointees of employees who are absent by reason of military service of the United States. The personnel board shall also have the authority to take into account in determining the rights, privileges, benefits, and liabilities of employees or appointees of the appointing authorities the previous records of such employees and appointees in their employment by the respective employer. Whenever the appointment or employment of new or additional officers or employees of such counties, municipalities, or appointing authorities, therein, is hereafter authorized by law, such officers or employees shall be subject to the provisions hereof and included within the county and municipal civil service unless of a class excepted herein. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §10; Acts 1977, No. 684, p. 1183, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.08 - Director of Personnel - Appointment; Qualifications; Salary; Functions; Deputy Director.

Section 45-37-121.08Director of personnel - Appointment; qualifications; salary; functions; deputy director. There shall be a director of personnel for each county affected by this part. The board shall appoint the director who shall hold office at the will of the board. The director shall be a bona fide resident of such county and a voter thereof and his or her salary shall be an amount as fixed by the personnel board from time to time which shall not be greater than fifty-four hundred dollars ($5,400) per annum. The director of personnel shall act as secretary at board meetings, and shall be the board’s executive officer, but shall not have a vote in determining the board’s policy. He or she shall perform such duties as are assigned to him or her by the board. The director shall appoint one employee of the department to be his or her deputy. In case of the absence of the director or his or her inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office, such powers and duties shall devolve upon his or her deputy. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §11.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.10 - Investigations.

Section 45-37-121.10Investigations. The director of personnel shall make investigations and report to the personnel board upon all matters touching the enforcement and the effect of this part and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. He or she may inspect all places of employment and services affected by this part in order to ascertain and advise with the heads of the various departments concerning their methods of handling those matters affecting employees in the service, such as hours of work, attendance, training, working conditions, morale, and in order to ascertain whether this part and all such rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are obeyed. The director of personnel in the course of such investigations, shall have the power to administer oaths, subpoena, and require the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books, papers, documents, and accounts pertaining to the subject under investigation. All hearings and investigations made by the director of personnel shall be governed by this part and by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the personnel board, and in conducting such investigations he or she shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence. No informality in any proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony by the director of personnel shall invalidate any order, decision, rule, or regulation made by him or her, and approved or confirmed by the personnel board. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.11 - Survey of Necessity for Personnel.

Section 45-37-121.11Survey of necessity for personnel. The director of personnel shall have authority to investigate concerning the number of employees in any department or office and if in his or her judgment, after conference with the department head, there is an excessive judgment, after conference with the department head, there is an excessive number of employees in proportion to the amount of work required in such department or office, he or she shall recommend in writing to the department head and the governing body that the excess number of employees be laid off or transferred either permanently or temporarily in accordance with this part. Final determination shall be vested in the governing body. He or she shall also study the organization and procedure of the different departments and suggest to the heads of the departments such changes in procedure as may increase efficiency or enable the organization to carry on its work more economically and with a reduced staff. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §14.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.12 - Official Roster.

Section 45-37-121.12Official roster. The director of personnel shall keep in the personnel office an official roster of all persons holding positions under this part and shall enter thereon the name of each person who has been appointed to, promoted, reduced, transferred, reinstated, or removed from or left any position and require such evidence as may be deemed satisfactory as to whether such person was appointed to, promoted, reduced, transferred, reinstated, or removed from such position in accordance with this part and the rules and regulations of the personnel board thereunder, and as to when and why and how such action was taken. The official roster shall show opposite or in connection with each name of appointment, promotion, reduction, transfer, or reinstatement, rate of compensation of the position, the date of commencement of service, and change in or separation from position, and when and why and how such change or separation occurred. The director may prescribe the manner, forms, and procedures necessary to establish and maintain such employment history. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §15; Acts 1977, No. 684, p. 1183, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37-121.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Civil Service System.|Section 45-37-121.14 - Efficiency Records.

Section 45-37-121.14Efficiency records. The director of personnel shall obtain, rate, and preserve the records of individual efficiency of all persons holding positions under this part. Such ratings shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the director of personnel and shall be made by the department heads or their supervising officers or both in accordance with regulations prescribed by the personnel board. Such efficiency ratings shall constitute grounds for: Increase in the rate of compensation for employees who have not attained the maximum rate for the class to which their positions are allotted; continuance at the existing rate of compensation without increase or decrease; decrease in the rate of compensation for the employees who are receiving more than the minimum rate for the class to which their positions are allocated; promotion, demotion, layoff, transfer, or dismissal. (Acts 1945, No. 248, p. 376, §7.)