Code of Alabama
Division 5 - Personnel System.
Section 45-51A-32.110 - Personnel Department Created; Board and Director; Meetings.

(a) In each county of the state which has a population of not less than 150,000 people and not more than 180,000 people, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, there is created and established a personnel department for the government and control of all employees and appointees holding positions in the classified service, as defined in Section 45-51A-32.113, of each such county and in all municipalities in each such county having a population of 5,000 or more people according to the last or any subsequent federal census.
(b) The personnel department shall consist of a personnel board and a personnel director. The personnel board shall consist of three members with six-year terms, to be appointed in the following manner: One by the governing body of the county, one by the governing body of the municipality therein having the greatest population at the time of appointment according to the most recent federal census, and one by a majority of the circuit judges and judge of probate of the county. At the expiration of the term of each member, his or her successor shall be appointed for a term of six years by the authority appointing the member whose term has expired; provided, however, that any personnel board appointed pursuant to the provisions of any prior acts of the Legislature affecting such counties and municipalities affected by this sub-part, shall continue to serve as the personnel board under this subpart until the expiration of their respective terms under the prior acts of the Legislature. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by the authority appointing the vacating member.
(c) The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the county. No person shall be appointed to the board who holds any salaried public office or employment, nor shall any member, while a member of the board or for a period of one year after he or she has ceased for any reason to be a member, be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the county or municipality or any county or municipal elective office.
(d) The board shall hold one regular meeting each month and such special meetings as it shall deem necessary. The members of the board shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per diem for each meeting of the board they attend.

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