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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-26-1 - Short Title. - This article shall be cited and may be known as...
Section 36-26-2 - Definitions. - The following terms wherever used in this article shall have...
Section 36-26-3 - Purposes of Article. - The purposes of this article are to assure to all...
Section 36-26-4 - State Personnel Department Created; Composition; Executive Head; Offices. - There shall be a State Personnel Department with a State...
Section 36-26-5 - State Personnel Board - Composition; Appointment, Qualifications, Terms of Office, Removal and Compensation of Members; Procedure for Electing Classified Employee Member. - (a) The State Personnel Board shall consist of five persons,...
Section 36-26-6 - State Personnel Board - Meetings; Powers and Duties Generally. - (a) The board shall hold regular meetings at least once...
Section 36-26-7 - Director of Personnel - Appointment; Qualifications; Salary; Removal. - The board shall appoint a director. He shall be a...
Section 36-26-8 - Director of Personnel - Executive Head of Department; Powers and Duties Generally; Agreements With Political Subdivisions of State; Cooperation With Other Governmental Agencies. - (a) The director, as executive head of the department, shall...
Section 36-26-9 - Promulgation, etc., of Rules for Implementation of Provisions of Article. - The director shall recommend such rules as he may consider...
Section 36-26-10 - Exempt, Unclassified and Classified Service Defined; Extension of Provisions of Article to Additional Positions, etc.; Applicability of Rules and Regulations of Employment to Employees in Classified and Unclassified Service. - (a) Positions in the service of the state shall be...
Section 36-26-11 - Classification of Positions, etc., in State Service. - The director shall, as soon as practicable after this article...
Section 36-26-12 - Preparation, etc., of Pay Plan for Employees in State Service. - After consultation with appointing authorities and the state fiscal officers,...
Section 36-26-13 - Certification of Payrolls, etc., for Payment of State Employees; Actions to Recover Moneys Improperly Paid, Restrain Improper Payments, Etc. - It shall be unlawful for the Comptroller, any county official,...
Section 36-26-14 - Deferred Compensation Plans for Certain Employees. - (a) The personnel board may adopt, establish, and maintain a...
Section 36-26-15 - Tests for Establishment of Employment Registers for Positions in Classified Service; Preferences for Veterans, etc.; Cooperation of Board With Federal Government, etc., in Establishing and Administering Standards of Personnel Quali... - (a) The director shall conduct tests to establish employment registers...
Section 36-26-15.1 - Proof of Registration Required for Employment or School Enrollment. - (a) No person who is required to register with the...
Section 36-26-16 - Certification for Employment of Handicapped Persons. - The state director of personnel shall, upon the request of...
Section 36-26-17 - Manner of Filling of Vacancies in Classified Service Generally; Appointments in Classified Service Generally. - Vacancies in the classified service shall be filled either by...
Section 36-26-18 - Extraordinary Appointments. - (a) Extraordinary appointments include temporary appointments, emergency appointments, exceptional appointments...
Section 36-26-19 - Adoption, etc., of Procedures for Filling of Unskilled, Semiskilled, Domestic, etc., Positions. - For positions involving unskilled or semiskilled labor or domestic attendants...
Section 36-26-20 - Employee Training Programs. - The director shall devise plans for and cooperate with appointing...
Section 36-26-21 - Working Test Period for Employees; Removal During Test Period; Notification as to Continuation of Employee in Position Prior to Expiration of Test Period; Restoration to Eligibility, etc., List of Employees Removed During or at Exp... - (a) Every person appointed to a position in the classified...
Section 36-26-22 - Establishment, etc., of Standards of Performance and Output and Service Ratings for Employees; Reporting and Inspection of Service Ratings of Employees. - (a) In cooperation with appointing authorities, the director shall establish...
Section 36-26-23 - Promotions. - Within the discretion of the director, vacancies in positions shall...
Section 36-26-24 - Transfers. - An appointing authority may, at any time, assign a classified...
Section 36-26-25 - Demotions. - An appointing authority may, upon giving written notice and stating...
Section 36-26-26 - Layoffs; Furloughs. - (a) In accordance with the rules, an appointing authority may...
Section 36-26-27 - Dismissals and Disciplining of Employees Generally. - (a) An appointing authority may dismiss a classified employee whenever...
Section 36-26-27.1 - Placement of Disciplinary Documents in the Personnel File of a State Employee. - Notwithstanding any other laws, rules, or regulations to the contrary,...
Section 36-26-28 - Suspensions. - (a) An appointing authority may peremptorily suspend any employee without...
Section 36-26-29 - Limitation Period for Charges for Dismissal or Disciplinary Action. - No charges for dismissal or disciplinary action shall be preferred...
Section 36-26-30 - Effect of Entry, etc., Into Active Service of United States Armed Forces Upon Status of Classified Employees. - Any person who, at the time he is called into...
Section 36-26-31 - Granting of Leave of Absence for Service in Armed Forces of United States. - Upon the application in writing of any such person, which...
Section 36-26-32 - Restoration of Employee to Former Position After Service in Armed Forces. - At any time before the expiration of 12 months after...
Section 36-26-32.1 - Restoration to Merit or Civil Service Classification After Acceptance of Nonmerit Appointment; Conditions; Effect on Other Employees. - (a) Any person who has held a classified position in...
Section 36-26-33 - Rights and Privileges Upon Entry, etc., Into Military Service of Employees Not in Classified Service. - Those employees who are not in the classified service, as...
Section 36-26-34 - Granting, etc., of Time Off to Comply With Religious Obligations. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of each...
Section 36-26-35 - Annual Leave. - (a) All persons who are regularly employed by the state...
Section 36-26-35.1 - Annual Leave Carry Over Limit Increased for Certain Personnel. - (a) Notwithstanding any other laws, the carry over limit on...
Section 36-26-35.2 - Annual Leave. - Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, a state employee...
Section 36-26-36 - Partial Payment of Accrued Sick Leave at Time of Retirement or Death; Calculation, Accumulation, and Use of Sick Leave. - (a) Upon retirement, each employee who acquires sick leave pursuant...
Section 36-26-36.1 - Conversion of Unused Sick Leave Into Membership Service for Retirement Purposes. - (a) Any Tier I plan member of the Teachers' or...
Section 36-26-36.2 - Donation of Leave; Implementation. - (a) Annual leave, compensatory leave, and sick leave donation programs...
Section 36-26-36.3 - Bereavement Leave. - (a) All persons who are regularly employed by the state,...
Section 36-26-36.4 - Paid Leave for State Employees Subpoenaed, etc., to Attend Certain Criminal Homicide Trials. - (a) In addition to any other leave for state employees...
Section 36-26-37 - Design, Purchase and Awarding of Longevity Service Recognition Pins, etc., for State Departments and Agencies. - (a) The State Personnel Department, with the advice of the...
Section 36-26-38 - Political Activities Prohibited. - (a) No person shall be appointed or promoted to or...
Section 36-26-39 - Offenses as to Testing, Certification, Appointment, etc., for Positions in Classified Service, Etc. - No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating...
Section 36-26-40 - Studies and Reports by Director; Investigations and Hearings as to Compliance With Provisions of Article, etc., Generally. - The director shall make studies and report to the board...
Section 36-26-41 - Failure of Witnesses to Appear and Testify, etc., at Investigations or Hearings; Fees of Witnesses; Requirement of Appearance, etc., of Witnesses, etc., Before Board; Giving of False Testimony Under Oath. - Any person who shall be served with a subpoena, issued...
Section 36-26-42 - Representation of Department in Judicial Proceedings. - If this article or its enforcement by the director or...
Section 36-26-43 - Use of State, County, etc., Buildings for Examinations and Investigations, Etc. - It shall be the duty of all officers of the...
Section 36-26-44 - Inspection of Records of Department. - The records of the department, except such records as the...
Section 36-26-45 - Payment of Expenses of Department. - The salaries and all other expenses of the department arising...
Section 36-26-46 - State Capitol Guides Classified as "Capitol hostesses." - All persons employed as guides in the State Capitol complex...
Section 36-26-47 - Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Article. - A willful violation of any provision of this article shall...
Section 36-26-48 - Lump-Sum Merit Reward Payments for Certain Full-Time State Employees. - (a) Commencing October 1, 2019, and based on the availability...
Article 2 - Applicability of Merit System to Certain State Institutions.
Section 36-26-60 - "State Institutions" Defined. - As used in Sections 36-26-60 through 36-26-63, "state institutions" or...
Section 36-26-61 - Employees Subject to Merit System. - The employees of the state institutions enumerated in Section 36-26-60...
Section 36-26-62 - Applicability of Sections 36-26-60 Through 36-26-63. - The provisions of Sections 36-26-60 through 36-26-63 shall apply to...
Section 36-26-63 - Repealer. - The provisions of Section 36-26-10 in conflict with Sections 36-26-60...
Section 36-26-64 - Employees of Hale Memorial Hospital. - The employees of the state institution located at Tuscaloosa known...
Section 36-26-65 - Certain Employees of the Disability Determination Division of the State Department of Education. - On the first day of June 1980, every employee of...
Section 36-26-66 - Capitol Security Police Officers in Department of Finance. - Repealed by Act 2003-363, §3, effective September 1, 2003.
Section 36-26-67 - Employees of Educational or Public Television Network. - (a) All persons employed on a full-time basis by Alabama...
Article 3 - County and District Health Departments.
Section 36-26-80 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 36-26-81 - Appointment of Public Health Service Personnel. - The local health officer or his designee shall appoint such...
Section 36-26-82 - Coverage of Employees by State Merit System. - On and after July 1, 1975, all county and district...
Section 36-26-83 - Exceptions to Applicability of Article. - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...
Article 4 - Dismissal Procedures for Nonteacher, Nonclassified, etc., Employees in Certain School Systems, Institutions, Etc.
Section 36-26-100 - Definition of Employees. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-101 - Probationary Period; Notice of Termination. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-102 - Nonprobationary Status; Causes for Termination. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-102.1 - Termination of Employment - Criminal Conviction. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-103 - Termination of Employment - Procedure; Notice. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-104 - Termination of Employment - Hearing Officer; Hearing; Appeal. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-105 - Transfer of Employee - Authorized. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-106 - Transfer of Employee - Notice of Action. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-107 - Transfer of Employee - Finality of Decision; Contest; Hearing. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-108 - Suspension of Employee. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-109 - Major Suspensions of Employees - Procedure; Hearings. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-110 - Major Suspensions of Employees - Contests. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-111 - Other Disciplinary Action - Authorized; Notice; Conditions. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-112 - Other Disciplinary Action - Authorized; Notice; Conditions. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-113 - Other Disciplinary Action Against Employees - Contest. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-114 - Procedures Applicable to Nonprobationary Status Disputes in General. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-115 - Direct Appeal by Certain Employees Denied Hearing Before Local Board of Education. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Section 36-26-116 - Applicability to Cases Prior to July 1, 2004; Appropriations. - Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1,...
Article 5 - Truth in Salary Act.
Section 36-26-120 - Short Title. - This article shall be known as and may be cited...
Section 36-26-121 - Annual Itemized Statement of Employee and Retirement Benefits, and Total Employer Contributions to Retirement Systems and Health Insurance Plans. - (a) As used in this article, the following words have...