Alabama Administrative Code Chapter 670-X-1 — Organization

670 Alabama State Personnel Board

Ala. Admin. Code r. 670-X-1-.01 Merit System Law

The Merit System Law was passed on March 2, 1939.

History

• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §36-26-1.
• Filed September 29, 1981. Amended: Filed May 20, 2015; effective June 24, 2015.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 670-X-1-.02 Purpose of Law

To assure 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.

History

• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §36-26-3.
• Filed September 29, 1981. Amended: Filed May 20, 2015; effective June 24, 2015.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 670-X-1-.03 State Personnel Department: Composition, Executive Head, Offices

The Merit System Law provides for a State Personnel Department with a State Personnel Board and a State Director of Personnel, with the Director as head of the department. The law also provides for offices to be located in the City of Montgomery as headquarters of the Department.

History

• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §36-26-4.
• Filed September 29, 1981. Amended: Filed May 20, 2015; effective June 24, 2015.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 670-X-1-.04 State Personnel Board: Appointments, Qualifications, Removal, Compensation

(1) General.

(a) Appointment. The Personnel Board consists of five persons who serve six-year staggered terms. Two persons are appointed by the Governor, one by the Lieutenant Governor, one by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one is a classified employee elected by a majority vote of full-time state employees. Each member is required to take the constitutional oath of office before entering upon his duties. One member is designated by the Board to serve as chairman. Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any vacancy in the membership is filled by the original appointing authority, except the elected member seat, for the unexpired term.

(b) Qualifications. Each member must be a person over 19 years of age, of recognized character and ability, must have been a bona fide resident and a qualified voter of Alabama for not less than five years, and must not, when appointed nor for three years then last past before the date of his appointment, have held elective public or party office nor have been a candidate for such office. No two members can be appointed from any one congressional district of the state.

(c) Removal. A member of the Board may be removed from office for the same causes and by the same procedure as provided by the Constitution and statutes of Alabama for the impeachment of sheriffs.

(d) Compensation. Each member of the Board receives a per diem of $50.00 and expenses for attendance upon meetings of the Board. No member can receive total compensation in excess of $1,200.00 per annum, excluding expenses and compensation received for attendance upon trials of charges preferred against employees as provided in the Law.

(e) Election requirements. Two months prior to the expiration of the seat for the member of the classified service, employees desiring to serve shall file with the State Comptroller notice of their intent to run for the position.

History

• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§36-26-5, 36-26-27, 36-1-11, et. seq.
• Filed September 29, 1981. Amended: Filed May 20, 2015; effective June 24, 2015.