Title 36

It is not the intent of this division to make appropriations, but the appropriations required by this division shall be made in the annual budget acts for the affected entities. (Act 2002-392, p. 984, §4.)

Beginning with the first payday on or after October 1, 2005, all state employees who are listed in the classified and unclassified service of the state as defined in Section 36-26-10, and all other state employees and hourly employees of the state, except those set out in Section…

(a) Any salary increase granted under this division shall in no way apply to any local supplement provided to any judges or any other employee of this state. The salary increase granted under this division shall not apply to, or increase the compensation of, any local employee wh…

The Director of the State Personnel Department shall revise the schedule of rates set forth in the pay plan for state employees and shall certify the same to the State Comptroller, who shall issue warrants in accordance therewith. With respect to all court officials and employees…

(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2025. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless otherwise indicated by context: (1) APPLICABLE EMPLOYING AGENCY. A state e…

(a)(1) An eligible employee who is female shall be entitled to eight weeks of parental leave in connection with the birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage of her child which occurs on or after July 1, 2025. (2) An eligible employee who is male shall be entitled to two weeks of parenta…

(a) Parental leave authorized by this chapter shall be administered as follows: (1) Parental leave shall be paid at 100 percent of the eligible employee’s base pay. (2) Parental leave shall remain at 100 percent of the pay provided in subdivision (1) for the duration of the leave…

(a) During an eligible employee’s parental leave, the applicable employing agency shall continue to pay the employer’s contribution to maintain any health care benefits the employee had at the time of the qualifying event for the duration of the leave as if the eligible employee …

(a)(1) The State Personnel Department shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter as to state employees who may be an eligible employee as defined in Section 36-6A-1(3)a. (2) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter as…

No later than October 1, 2026, and every October 1 thereafter until October 1, 2030, the State Personnel Department, the State Department of Education, and the Alabama Community College System shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature and make publicly available informatio…

It shall be unlawful for an officer or employee of a county, town, or city in Alabama to be reimbursed from the treasury of a county or municipality for expenses incurred by him or her while traveling or remaining beyond the limits of counties and municipalities in the performanc…

When a municipality is governed by a commission form of government, such itemized statement shall be presented to the municipal comptroller or corresponding officer immediately upon the return of said officer or employee of such municipality and must be approved or disallowed at …

No sum shall be advanced from the treasury from any municipality or county in this state for the purpose of defraying the expenses of any officer or employee of such municipality or county while traveling or remaining beyond the limits of such municipality or county unless the sa…

When any sum is advanced to an officer or employee of any county or municipality to be used to defray expenses incurred while traveling beyond the borders of the municipality or county, the itemized statement required as provided for in Section 36-7-1 shall be presented immediate…

Any officer or employee drawing or approving any warrant drawn on the treasury of any municipality or county of this state in violation of the provisions contained in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law. (Acts 1935, No. 457, p. 9…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 36-7-21, the amount allowable to an individual traveling inside the State of Alabama in the service of the state or any of its departments, institutions, boards, bureaus, commissions, councils, committees, or other like agencies for exp…

(a) As an alternative to reimbursement provided under Section 36-7-20(a), persons traveling in the service of the state or any of its departments, institutions, boards, bureaus, commissions, councils, committees, or other agencies, upon approval as provided in this section, may b…

Persons traveling on official business for the state or any of its Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, departments, institutions, boards, bureaus, commissions, councils, committees, or other like agencies in privately owned vehicles shall receive an amount equal to the…

The provisions of this article shall apply to all officers and employees of the State of Alabama or any of its departments, institutions, boards, bureaus, commissions, councils, committees or other like agencies and to all persons traveling on official business for the state. All…

(a) The departments and agencies of the State of Alabama are hereby authorized to prepay to employees of those departments and agencies an amount of money to be determined by the appointing authority of the various departments and agencies to pay necessary travel expenses for any…

(a) The state Comptroller, with the approval of the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, may adopt rules and regulations to provide for the prepayment of travel expenses for state officers and employees traveling on authorized official state business. No traveler shall have expense…

A permanent employee of the state who moves from one community within the state to another by reason of transfer of job operation shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for his actual expenses, not to exceed $1,250.00, incurred in moving his household goods whenever such tran…

The chief executive officer of the state department or agency is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to determine the eligibility of the employee for reimbursement of actual moving expenses and the amount to be paid, not to exceed the amount permitted under S…

The state shall not be held liable for any damages to person or property that may result from such moving of household goods. (Acts 1969, No. 170, p. 460, §3.)

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, a public official or a public employee may receive, obtain, or otherwise convert to personal use a bonus that is incidental to travel in the performance of official duties of the public official or public employee if the bonus is ind…

The term “military service of the United States,” as used in this chapter, shall include the Army of the United States, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, any reserve or auxiliary component of any of the foregoing, the National…

The office of any official of the State of Alabama or of any county or municipality of the State of Alabama who has heretofore entered or who shall hereafter enter the active military service of the United States, whether voluntarily or as a result of being called, drafted, or re…

(a) With regard to vacancies in any state or county office or board, the officer or board who has the power to appoint to vacancies in office or, if there is no such officer or board having the power to fill vacancies provided by law, then the Governor, upon being advised in writ…

The tenure of any temporary acting official appointed under this chapter shall be during the absence of the regularly elected or appointed official while in service and until the expiration of 30 days from the date that notice in writing is given to the appointing power by the re…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to extend the tenure of any such duly elected or appointed official beyond the time for which he has been elected or appointed nor entitle him to any compensation during the time he is absent in the service of the United States an…

This chapter shall apply to all officials heretofore or hereafter elected at any special or general election, whether or not they have entered upon the discharge of their duties. (Acts 1942, Ex. Sess., No. 1, p. 7, §6; Acts 1942, Ex. Sess., No. 2, p. 9, §6; Acts 1942, Ex. Sess., …

Any office in this state is vacated: (1) By the death of the incumbent; (2) By the resignation of the incumbent, except in such cases as are excepted by law; (3) By the incumbent’s ceasing to be a resident of the state or of the division, district, circuit or county for which he …

On the death of any judge of probate, the clerk of the circuit court of the county for which he was elected must give notice thereof to the Governor. (Code 1852, §163; Code 1867, §203; Code 1876, §216; Code 1886, §311; Code 1896, §3146; Code 1907, §1562; Code 1923, §2706; Code 19…

If the Governor resigns during the session of the Legislature, he must transmit his resignation to the Lieutenant Governor; otherwise, the Governor must transmit his resignation to the Secretary of State, who must notify the Lieutenant Governor. (Code 1852, §164; Code 1867, §204;…

The resignation of senators and representatives in Congress and members of the Legislature must be transmitted to the Governor. In all other cases, except constables, resignations must be transmitted to the officer or tribunal which fills the vacancy. (Code 1852, §165; Code 1867,…

The resignation of constables must be transmitted to the judge of probate of the county in which the office may have been held, and the judge of probate must thereupon notify the Governor. (Code 1867, §206; Code 1876, §219; Code 1886, §314; Code 1896, §3149; Code 1907, §1565; Cod…

Notice of removal of any officer, other than constables, from the state or from the district, circuit or county for which he was elected or appointed must be given by and to the same officers as notice of his death is required to be given by this chapter. (Code 1852, §166; Code 1…

Whenever there is a judgment of a competent tribunal declaring any election or appointment void or any office vacated, such judgment shall, if the vacancy is filled by appointment, the day after the time for taking an appeal has expired be certified by the clerk of such court or …

The Governor must give notice to the Legislature at each session thereof of all offices to be filled by that body which have become vacant or which will be vacated by the expiration of the term of office before the next regular session. (Code 1852, §168; Code 1867, §209; Code 187…

Vacancies in all state, county or municipal offices shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term of such office, unless otherwise provided by law. Appointees to state and county offices must be commissioned. (Code 1876, §154; Code 1886, §248; Code 1896, §…

When any person holding any office or place under the authority of this state is convicted by any court of the United States, of this state or of any other state of a felony, his office or place shall be vacated from the time of the conviction. If the judgment is reversed, new tr…

When the incumbent of any office is, upon a proceeding in lunacy, adjudged to be of unsound mind, such office is vacated, and the judge of probate must certify the vacancy to the appointing power; but, if such proceeding is thereafter revoked or annulled, the officer shall, upon …

The judge of a court of record vacates his judicial office by the acceptance of another office, state, county or municipal. (Code 1876, §150; Code 1886, §242; Code 1896, §3141; Code 1907, §1557; Code 1923, §2698; Code 1940, T. 41, §161.)

The offices of clerk of the circuit court, tax collector, tax assessor and county treasurer are respectively vacated from the expiration of the incumbent’s term when there is a failure to elect a successor at any general election where such officers are elected by the people. (Co…

On the death of any senator or representative from this state to the Congress of the United States or of any member of the Legislature, the judge of probate of the county in which such officer at the time of his death resided shall give notice thereof to the Governor. In case of …

The Governor may make temporary appointment of a senator in the Senate of the Congress of the United States from Alabama whenever a vacancy exists in that office, the appointee to hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. (Acts 1919, No. 78, p. 74; Code 1923, §270…