HB 511 — Relating to Montgomery County and to municipalities in the county having a population of 5,000 or more people, according to the most recent or any subsequent federal census; to amend Section 45-51A-32.113, as last amended by Act 2022-370 of the 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, establishing a countywide personnel system; to provide that certain city employees are members of the exempt service of the municipality.

HB511 INTRODUCEDENGROSSED M5M9WH-1M5M9WH-2 By Representatives Hassell, Ensler, McClammy, Lawrence, Morris (N & P) RFD:

23-May-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 M5M9WH-1HB511 04/03/2023Engrossed FC (L)ma 2023-2257 2 4 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 8 Relating to Montgomery County and to municipalities in the county having a population of 5,000 or more people, according to the most recent or any subsequent federal census;

Provided however, that in the event the status of an elective officer of the county or municipality is changed to that of an appointive officer, then at the expiration of the term of office of any such officer, the individual holding the office at the time of the Page 1 HB511 INTRODUCEDEngrossed expiration of the term, providing that he or she shall have served in the position for a period of at least six months continuously, immediately prior to the expiration of the term of office, shall assume regular status in the competitive service without preliminary examination or working tests and shall thereafter be subject in all respects to this subpart.

(6) Individuals in the classified service within the meaning of and subject to the state Merit System under any present or future law, and so long as any such law remains Page 2 HB511 INTRODUCEDEngrossed effective.

Chief of Page 3 HB511 INTRODUCEDEngrossed staff, chief administrative officer, director of office of violence prevention, director of emergency communications, director of the emergency management agency, director of economic development, director of community development, director of neighborhood services, director of the zoo, director of riverfront facilities and special services, director of procurement, director of risk management, director of grants department, director of street maintenance, director of engineering and landfill, director of general services, director of parking management, director of fleet management, 95 director of cultural affairs, director of city events, library director, museum director, chief technology officer, and senior policy advisor.

for any reason other than for cause of willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, incompetency, or malfeasance, and if that individual was a member of the competitive or classified service of the county and affected municipalities at the time of initial appointment to that position by the mayor, that individual may return to the competitive or classified service as if he or she had never been appointed to or removed from the position Page 4 HB511 INTRODUCEDEngrossed by the mayor.

This act shall become effective onSeptember the1, first2023, day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Page 5 HB511 Engrossed House of Representatives Read for the first time and referred ................23-May-23 to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government Read for the second time and placed ................25-May-23 on the calendar:

amendment Read for the third time and passed ................31-May-23 as amended Yeas 10 Nays 1 Abstains 87 John Treadwell Clerk Page 6