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AL Code § 36-26-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-3 - Purposes of Article.

Section 36-26-3Purposes of article. The purposes of this article are to assure to all citizens of demonstrated capacity, ability and training an equal opportunity to compete for service with the State of Alabama, to establish conditions in the state service which will attract officers and employees of character and capacity and to increase the efficiency of the governmental departments and agencies by the improvement of methods of personnel administration. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §1; Code 1940, T. 55, §293.)
AL Code § 36-26-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-4 - State Personnel Department Created; Composition; Executive Head; Offices.

Section 36-26-4State Personnel Department created; composition; executive head; offices. There shall be a State Personnel Department with a State Personnel Board and a State Director of Personnel as provided in this article. The director shall be the executive head of the department. Offices shall be provided in the City of Montgomery which shall be the headquarters of the department. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §4; Code 1940, T. 55, §295.)
AL Code § 36-26-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-6 - State Personnel Board - Meetings; Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 36-26-6State Personnel Board - Meetings; powers and duties generally. (a) The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each month and may hold such additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties. (b) It shall be the duty of the board as a body: (1) To adopt and amend, after public hearings, rules and regulations for the administration of this article as provided in Section 36-26-9; (2) To adopt, modify or reject, after public hearings, such classification and compensation plans for the state service, together with rules for their administration, as may be recommended by the director after a thorough survey of the personnel and departmental organizations included in such plan or plans; (3) To make investigations, either on petition of a citizen, taxpayer or interested party or of its own motion, concerning the enforcement and effect of this article and to require observance of its provisions and the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto; (4) To conduct hearings and to render decisions, as provided in Section 36-26-27, on charges preferred against persons in the classified service; (5) To make such investigations as may be requested by the Governor or the Legislature and to report thereon; (6) To consider and act on such matters as may be referred to the board by the director; (7) To represent the public interest in the improvement of personnel administration in the state service; and (8) To advise and assist the director in fostering the interest of institutions of learning and of civic, professional and employee organizations in the improvement of personnel standards in the state service. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §6; Code 1940, T. 55, §297.)
AL Code § 36-26-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-7 - Director of Personnel - Appointment; Qualifications; Salary; Removal.

Section 36-26-7Director of personnel - Appointment; qualifications; salary; removal. The board shall appoint a director. He shall be a person over 19 years of age, of recognized character and ability and shall have been a bona fide resident and a qualified voter of this state for not less than five years next preceding his appointment. His salary shall be fixed by the board with the approval of the Governor in accordance with the provisions of Section 36-6-6. He may be removed for cause by the board; provided, that copies of a written statement of the reason for such removal shall be given to the director and to the Governor, and such written statement shall be made public prior to the effective date of his removal. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §7; Code 1940, T. 55, §298.)
AL Code § 36-26-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-9 - Promulgation, etc., of Rules for Implementation of Provisions of Article.

Section 36-26-9Promulgation, etc., of rules for implementation of provisions of article. The director shall recommend such rules as he may consider necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article and may from time to time recommend amendments thereto. When such rules or amendments are recommended by the director, the board shall hold a public hearing thereon and shall have power to approve or reject the recommendations of the director wholly or in part or to modify them and approve them as so modified. Rules or amendments thereto which are approved by the board or on which the board takes no action within 30 days after they are recommended by the director shall be submitted to the Governor by the director, who shall have power to approve or reject them. Such rules or amendments thereto shall become effective when approved by the Governor or on the tenth day after they are submitted to him if prior thereto he shall not have rejected them. Rules adopted under this section, not in conflict with the laws of Alabama, shall have the force and effect of law. Among other things, such rules shall provide for the method of administering the classification plan and the pay plan; the establishment, maintenance, consolidation and cancellation of lists; the application of service ratings; the hours of work, attendance regulation and leaves of absence for employees in the state service; and the order and manner in which lay-offs shall be effected. Such rules may include any provisions relating to state employment, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, which may be necessary or appropriate to give effect to the provisions and purposes of this article. The powers conferred upon the director by this section shall be subject only to the provisions of this article and of the rules adopted under this section and may be exercised by regulation or by order as the director sees fit. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §9; Code 1940, T. 55, §300.)
AL Code § 36-26-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-11 - Classification of Positions, etc., in State Service.

Section 36-26-11Classification of positions, etc., in state service. The director shall, as soon as practicable after this article takes effect, ascertain and record the duties of each position in the state service and, after consultation with appointing authorities and principal supervising officials, recommend to the board a classification plan, together with proposed rules for its administration. Such classification plan shall show each class of position in the state service and, when approved by the board, shall be made public together with the rules for its administration. Each such class shall include positions requiring duties which are substantially similar in respect to the authority, responsibility and character of the work required in the performance thereof and shall be designated by a title indicative of such duties. Each class shall be so defined that the same requirements as to education, experience, capacity, knowledge and skill are demanded of incumbents for the proper performance of their duties, that the same tests of fitness may be used in choosing qualified appointees and that the same schedule of pay can be made to apply with equity under like working conditions. The class titles shall be used in personnel, budget and financial records and communications. As far as practicable the natural or probable lines of promotion to and from the class of position shall be designated or indicated. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §12; Code 1940, T. 55, §303.)
AL Code § 36-26-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-12 - Preparation, etc., of Pay Plan for Employees in State Service.

Section 36-26-12Preparation, etc., of pay plan for employees in state service. After consultation with appointing authorities and the state fiscal officers, the director shall prepare and recommend to the board a pay plan for all employees in the state service. Such pay plan shall include for each class of positions a minimum and a maximum rate and such intermediate rates as the director considers necessary or equitable. In establishing such rates the director shall give consideration to the experience in recruiting for positions in the state service, the prevailing rates of pay for the services performed and for comparable services in public and private employment, living costs, maintenance or other benefits received by employees and the state's financial condition and policies. Such pay plan, after adoption by the board, shall be submitted to the Governor, who shall have the power to revise or alter the plan. Such pay plan shall take effect when approved by the Governor. Amendments thereto may from time to time be made in the same manner. Each employee in the state service shall be paid at one of the rates set forth in the pay plan for the class of positions in which he is employed. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §13; Code 1940, T. 55, §304.)
AL Code § 36-26-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-13 - Certification of Payrolls, etc., for Payment of State Employees; Actions to Recover Moneys Improperly Paid, Restrain Improper Payments, Etc.

Section 36-26-13Certification of payrolls, etc., for payment of state employees; actions to recover moneys improperly paid, restrain improper payments, etc. It shall be unlawful for the Comptroller, any county official, officer or employee or any other fiscal officer to draw or issue any warrant on the State Treasury, county treasurer or county depository for the payment of any salary or compensation to any person in the state service for personal services, unless the payroll, estimate, voucher or account for such salary or compensation containing the name of the person to be paid shall bear the certification of the director that the person or persons named therein are employees of the state and are legally entitled to receive the sums stated therein. Any sum paid contrary to any provision of this article or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder may be recovered in an action maintained in the name of the state by the Attorney General or by any citizen or taxpayer of Alabama from any officer who made, approved or authorized such payment or who signed or countersigned a voucher, payroll, check or warrant for such payment or from the sureties on the official bond of any such officer. All moneys recovered in any such action shall be paid into the State Treasury. The Attorney General or any citizen or taxpayer of Alabama may likewise maintain a civil action to restrain a disbursing officer from making any payment in contravention of any provision of this article or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder. Any person appointed or employed in contravention of any provision of this article or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder who performs service for which he is not paid may maintain an action against the officer or officers who purported so to appoint or employ him to recover the agreed pay for such services or the reasonable value thereof if no pay was agreed upon. No officer shall be reimbursed by the state at any time for any sum paid to such person on account of such services. If the director wrongfully withholds certification of the payroll voucher or account of any employee, such employee may maintain an action to compel the director to certify such payroll voucher or account. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, § 11; Code 1940, T. 55, §302.)
AL Code § 36-26-15.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-15.1 - Proof of Registration Required for Employment or School Enrollment.

Section 36-26-15.1Proof of registration required for employment or school enrollment. (a) No person who is required to register with the Selective Service System under the United States Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) shall: (1) Be offered employment by the State of Alabama without proof of such registration; nor (2) Be eligible to initially enroll in any state postsecondary institution of higher learning without proof of such registration. (b) No person who has failed to register as required by the United States Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) and who is employed by this state as of January 1, 1992, shall be promoted or reclassified to a higher position without proof of such registration. (c) The State Personnel Board and the institutions of higher learning in this state are hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as they deem appropriate to effectuate the intent of this section in the manner prescribed by the state administrative procedure statutes. Certification by the applicant of his registration status shall be deemed adequate to effectuate the intent of this section. (Acts 1991, No. 91-584, p. 1073, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 36-26-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-16 - Certification for Employment of Handicapped Persons.

Section 36-26-16Certification for employment of handicapped persons. The state director of personnel shall, upon the request of an appointing authority, add to any certification of three eligible for employment the name of any handicapped person on the eligible list who is certified by the director of the division of rehabilitation and crippled children, state department of education, as being eligible for rehabilitation services; but, the director of the department of personnel may nevertheless not give preference in certification for employment to any handicapped person if he finds such person is physically or otherwise unfit to perform effectively the duties of the position in which he seeks employment. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 119, p. 166.)
AL Code § 36-26-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-17 - Manner of Filling of Vacancies in Classified Service Generally; Appointments in Classified Service Generally.

Section 36-26-17Manner of filling of vacancies in classified service generally; appointments in classified service generally. Vacancies in the classified service shall be filled either by transfer, promotion, appointment, reappointment or demotion. Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by appointment, the appointing authority shall submit to the director a statement of the title of the position and, if requested by the director to do so, the duties of the position and desirable qualifications of the person to be appointed and a request that the director certify to him the names of persons eligible for appointment to the position. The director shall thereupon certify to the appointing authority the name of the 10 ranking eligibles from the most appropriate register and, if more than one vacancy is to be filled, the name of one additional eligible for each additional vacancy or all the names on the register if there are fewer than 10. Except that in the appointment of attorneys or legal research aides under this section by the Attorney General for appointment in the office of the Attorney General the director shall certify to the Attorney General the names of all eligibles who meet the minimum qualifications for the particular class of attorneys. The Attorney General may then appoint any person on the register of eligibles without regard to position on that register. If it should prove impossible to locate any of the persons so certified or should it become known to the director that any person is not willing to accept the position, the appointing authority may request that additional names be certified until 10 persons eligible and available for appointment have been certified. Within 10 days after such names are certified, the appointing authority shall appoint one of those whose names are certified to each vacancy which he is to fill; except, that, in the event that he has fewer than the authorized number of persons from which to make his selection, he may choose from the remaining certified names or if he has fewer than three persons from which to make his selection he may make a provisional appointment as provided by Section 36-26-18. In the event that there does not exist an employment register which the director deems to be appropriate for the class in which the position is established, he shall prepare such a register within a reasonable time after receipt of the request of the appointing authority that eligibles be certified. Whenever an eligible has been certified to and rejected by appointing authorities three times, the director may remove the name of such person from the employment register. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, § 16; Code 1940, T. 55, §307; Acts 1980, No. 80-288, p. 402, § 1; Acts 1985, No. 85-459, p. 447, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-26-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-19 - Adoption, etc., of Procedures for Filling of Unskilled, Semiskilled, Domestic, etc., Positions.

Section 36-26-19Adoption, etc., of procedures for filling of unskilled, semiskilled, domestic, etc., positions. For positions involving unskilled or semiskilled labor or domestic attendants or custodial work, when the character or place of the work makes it impracticable to supply the needs of the service by appointments made in accordance with the procedure prescribed by this article, the director, subject to the rules, may adopt or authorize the use of such other procedures as he determines to be appropriate in order to meet the needs of the service while assuring the selection of such employees on the basis of merit and fitness. Such procedures may, so far as practicable, include the testing of applicants and maintenance of lists of eligibles by localities, the testing of applicants, singly or in groups, at periodic intervals, at the place of employment or elsewhere, after such notice as the director considers adequate, the registration of applicants who pass a noncompetitive test or submit satisfactory evidence of their qualifications and appointment of registered applicants in the order of their application or by lot or any variation or combination of the foregoing or other suitable method. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §15; Code 1940, T. 55, §306.)
AL Code § 36-26-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-20 - Employee Training Programs.

Section 36-26-20Employee training programs. The director shall devise plans for and cooperate with appointing authorities and other supervising officials in the conduct of employee training programs to the end that the quality of service rendered by persons in the classified service may be continually improved. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §29; Code 1940, T. 55, §319.)
AL Code § 36-26-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-22 - Establishment, etc., of Standards of Performance and Output and Service Ratings for Employees; Reporting and Inspection of Service Ratings of Employees.

Section 36-26-22Establishment, etc., of standards of performance and output and service ratings for employees; reporting and inspection of service ratings of employees. (a) In cooperation with appointing authorities, the director shall establish and may from time to time amend standards of performance and output for employees in each class of positions in the classified service or for groups of classes and a system of service ratings based upon such standards. In such manner and with such weight as shall be provided in the rules, service ratings shall be considered in determining salary increases and decreases within the limits established by law and by the pay plan, as a factor in promotion tests, as a factor in determining the order of lay-off when forces must be reduced because of lack of funds or work and the order in which names are to be placed on reemployment lists and as a means of discovering employees who should be promoted, demoted, transferred or dismissed. (b) In such manner and at such time as the rules may require, each appointing authority shall report to the director the service ratings of employees in his division or such information as the director may request as a basis for determining such service ratings. Any employee shall be given reasonable opportunity to inspect the records of the department which show his service ratings and the service ratings of other employees in the same class and division. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §19; Code 1940, T. 55, §310.)
AL Code § 36-26-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-23 - Promotions.

Section 36-26-23Promotions. Within the discretion of the director, vacancies in positions shall be filled, insofar as practicable, by promotion from among regular employees holding positions in the classified service. Promotion shall be based upon merit and competition. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §20; Code 1940, T. 55, §311.)
AL Code § 36-26-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-24 - Transfers.

Section 36-26-24Transfers. An appointing authority may, at any time, assign a classified employee under his jurisdiction from one position to another in the same class. Any classified employee may be transferred from one department to another in the same class; provided, that the director shall have authorized the transfer and shall have received the approval of both appointing authorities concerned. In every case involving transfer, the appointing authority shall submit a written request to the director. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §21; Code 1940, T. 55, §312.)
AL Code § 36-26-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-25 - Demotions.

Section 36-26-25Demotions. An appointing authority may, upon giving written notice and stating reasons to and with the approval of the director, demote a classified employee under his jurisdiction from a position in one class to a position in a lower class. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §22; Code 1940, T. 55, §313.)