Title 45

(a) The director shall recommend such rules as he or she may consider necessary, appropriate, or desirable to carry out this part, 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 …

The director shall, as soon as practicable after September 15, 1939, ascertain and record an outline of the duties of each position in the classified service, and after consultation with appointing authorities and principal supervising officials, recommend to the board a classifi…

(a) After consultation with appointing authorities, or other officers, or both, the director shall prepare and recommend to the board a pay plan for all employees in the classified service. The pay plan shall include, for each class of positions, a minimum and a maximum rate not …

The director shall conduct tests to establish employment registers for the various classes of positions in the classified service. The director shall so conduct the tests as to take into consideration elements of character, reputation, education, aptitude, experience, knowledge, …

Vacancies in the classified service shall be filled either by promotion, appointment, transfer, or demotion. The appointing authority shall notify the director when a vacancy is to be filled. (Acts 1939, No. 470, p. 298, § 13; Act 2004-105, p. 145, § 1.)

Vacancies in positions shall be filled by the appointing authority and, as far as practicable, the same shall be filled by promotion from among regular employees holding positions in the classified service, with the exception of the entry level classification for merit system lab…

(a) Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by an appointment, the appointing authority shall submit to the director a statement of the position and, if requested by the director, the duties of the position and desired qualifications of the person to be appointed, with a request that …

An appointing authority, at any time, may assign a classified employee under his or her 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 has authori…

An appointing authority, upon giving written notice, stating reasons, to and with the approval of the director, may demote a classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from a position in one class to a position in a lower class. (Acts 1939, No. 470, p. 198, § 17.)

Whenever in the opinion of the director it is impossible within a reasonable time to certify eligible persons for appointment to a vacancy in the classified service, the appointing authority may nominate a person for the vacancy to the director. If such nominee is found by the di…

(a) Entry level or initial employment, or both. (1) Every person appointed to an initial position with each jurisdiction for entry into the classified service is a probationary employee with that jurisdiction, and shall be tested by a working test while occupying the position. Th…

In cooperation with 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 standar…

In accordance with the rules adopted under this part, an appointing authority may layoff an employee in the classified service whenever he or she deems it necessary by reason of shortage of work or funds, or the abolition of a position, or other material change in duties or organ…

(a) An appointing authority may dismiss a classified employee whenever he or she considers the good of the service will be served thereby, for reasons stated in writing, served on the affected employee, and a copy furnished to the director, which action shall become a public reco…

(a) An appointing authority may suspend a regular employee whenever he or she considers the good of the service will be served thereby, for reasons stated in writing, served on the affected employee, and a copy furnished to the director, which action shall become public record. H…

The board shall cause a thorough investigation to be made of the possibilities of establishing a pension plan or system of retirement benefits for employees in the classified service and report their findings and recommendations, together with estimates of cost to employees and t…

The board or its designated agent shall make studies upon all matters touching the enforcement and the effect of this part and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. Members of the board or its agent or agents may visit all places of employment and services affected by …

(a) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under this part or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this part and the rules. (b)…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any county or city official, officer, or employee, or any other officer, to pay or to cause to be paid any salary or compensation to any person in the classified service for personal services unless the payroll, estimate, voucher, or account for salar…

Any person who shall be served with a subpoena, issued in the course of an investigation or hearing conducted under this part, to appear and testify or to produce books and papers, who shall disobey or neglect to obey any such subpoena shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The fees o…

The salaries and expenses of suitable regular office quarters, and all other expenses of the personnel board, the personnel director, and all other expenses arising under the provisions hereof, unless otherwise herein provided, shall be paid by warrants or requisitions drawn on f…

It shall be the duty of all officers of the county and city to allow the reasonable use of buildings and rooms and to heat and light the same for the holding of any examinations of investigations provided for by this part, and in all proper ways to facilitate the work of the depa…

If this part or its enforcement by the director or the board shall be called into question in any judicial proceeding or if any person shall fail or refuse to comply with the lawful orders or directions of the board, such board may call upon the proper county or city attorney or …

The records of the department, except such records as the rules may require to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be public records and shall be open to public inspection, subject to regulations as to the time and manner of inspection which may be prescribed…

Orders of the personnel director and personnel board may be enforced by mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, or other appropriate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction. Any person directly interested, within 14 days, may appeal to the Circuit Court of Mobile County from…

No persons shall be denied the opportunity to take any test or examination given under authority of the board solely because of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, or age. No person shall be denied employment within the Mobile County Civil Service System solely because of r…

(a) The Director of the Mobile County Personnel Board, upon request of an appointing authority, shall add to any certification of three applicants eligible for employment, the name of any handicapped person on the eligible list who is certified by the Director of the Division of …

(a) On or before September 1, 1980, all full-time employees of the Mobile Housing Board shall be placed under the classified service of the merit system of Mobile County’s Personnel Board. (b) The personnel director of the county shall promulgate such rules and regulations as sha…

(a) The following definitions apply to this section: (1) ELECTION. The employees of the utilities board shall vote through secret ballot to determine if the utilities board and its employees shall be subject to the countywide civil service system created by Part 1. The utilities …

(a) No person shall be appointed or promoted to, or demoted or dismissed from, any position in the classified service, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment in the classified service because of his or her political or religious opinions or affi…

In Mobile County, for purposes of subsection (c) of Section 11-24-2, verification is accomplished upon the satisfactory completion of an administrative review by the county engineer or his or her designee of all closing documents submitted by the professional engineer in charge o…

The following words and terms as used in this subpart shall have the following meanings ascribed to them, unless a contrary meaning is apparent from the context: (1) DISTRICT FOR FIGHTING FIRES. A district created under this subpart for establishing and maintaining a system for f…

Any area situated entirely within the county may be established as a district for fighting fires as provided herein. Provided, however, no land lying within the boundaries of a municipality or an existing fire fighting and emergency medical services district at the time of the el…

(a) Upon a petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the judge of probate shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the question, or questions, on which the petition requests an election. (b) The petition shall be signed by at …

When a petition for the holding of any election is filed with the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 40 calendar days from the date on which the judge of probate enters the…

The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election held pursuant to this subpart to estab…

The judge of probate shall give notice of any election held under this subpart by publishing for three weeks, at least once a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held, a notice that on the day fixe…

(a) Where an election is held on the question of the establishment of a district, the county commission shall pay for the necessary expense of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. Provided, however, that if the district is established, t…

No district shall be created unless it is approved by the majority of votes cast at the election at which the proposed creation is submitted. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that the creation of the district was approved by the majority of the …

(a) The affairs and business of the district shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed for office shall be declared ele…

(a) The district shall constitute a public corporation, which shall have the power to do any and all acts or things necessary and convenient for carrying out the purposes for which it is created including, but not limited to: To sue and be sued; to have a seal and alter the same …

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-103, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) The expense of establishing and maintaining a district shall be paid for by the proceeds of a service charge which shall be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay the expense. The s…

(a) No service charge shall be levied unless the same has been first approved by the majority of the votes cast at an election held hereunder by the qualified electors residing within the district, or within the proposed district. (b) An election on the question of levying a serv…

(a) A district may be enlarged, provided, that no area lying within a municipality at the time of the enlargement shall be brought within the district. (b) No area shall be brought within a district by enlargement unless the majority of the votes cast at the election provided for…

(a) Any district may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished or diminished when it has any indebtedness. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she sha…

For purposes of this subpart, the term affected area shall mean that portion of the Turnerville fire protection district that is proposed to be included within the boundaries of an expanding municipal police jurisdiction. (Act 98-619, p. 1364, § 1.)