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 […]
Section 45-51A-32.111 Officers and duties of board. The members of the board shall elect one of their number as chair. The board shall determine the order of business for the conduct of its meetings and shall meet on the call of the chair or two of the members. Two members of the board shall constitute […]
Section 45-51A-32.112 Personnel director; pay plan. (a) The personnel board shall appoint a personnel director whose duty it shall be to act in the capacity of director for the personnel system. He or she shall act as secretary at board meetings, and shall be the board’s executive officer, but shall not have a vote in […]
Section 45-51A-32.113 Applicability; exempt service. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-370 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a) This subpart shall apply to all officers and employees in the service of the county and affected municipalities, except: (1) Elective officials. Provided […]
Section 45-51A-32.114 Rulemaking authority; establishment of position to provide assistance to council. (a) In addition to such other matters as may be necessary and proper to carry out the intent and purposes of this subpart, rules shall be formulated and adopted by the personnel board establishing specific procedures to govern the following phases of the […]
Section 45-51A-32.115 Appointment to vacant positions. (a) Appointments to vacant positions in the competitive or classified service shall be made in accordance with the rules established hereunder and from employment lists resulting from competitive examination, or by promotion, transfer, demotion, or reinstatement. Appointments shall be made by the governing body of the county or municipality, […]
Section 45-51A-32.116 Probationary period. (a) All original and promotional appointments shall be for a probationary period of six months during which the employee may be rejected by the appointing authorities as set out in subsection (a) of Section 45-51A-32.115 herein at any time without right of appeal or hearing in any manner. (b) An employee […]
Section 45-51A-32.117 Regular and probationary status. (a) Any person holding a position or employment included in the competitive service, who, on October 1, 1971, shall have served continuously in such position, or in some other position included in the competitive service, for a period of at least six months immediately prior to such date, shall […]
Section 45-51A-32.118 Power to transfer, promote, demote, etc.; suspension without pay. The governing bodies of the county and municipality and any officer in whom is vested by law the power to make transfers, promotions, demotions, reinstatements, layoffs, and to suspend or dismiss employees, shall retain such power, subject to this subpart and the rules established […]
Section 45-51A-32.119 Written statement of reasons for demotion, dismissal, etc.; answer; hearing. (a) Any employee in the competitive service who has been demoted, dismissed, or reduced in pay, shall be entitled to receive a written statement of the reasons for such action within three days, and he or she shall have three days’ time thereafter […]
Section 45-51A-32.120 Appeals. (a) Any employee in the competitive service shall have the right to appeal to the personnel board relative to any situation affecting his or her employment status or conditions of employment except in instances where the right of appeal is prohibited by this subpart. Thereupon the board shall make such investigation as […]
Section 45-51A-32.121 Abolition of position or employment. Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of the county or municipality or any elected county official it becomes necessary in the interest of economy or because the necessity for any position in its or his or her department no longer exists, it or he or she […]
Section 45-51A-32.122 Political activities. (a) No person holding a position in the competitive service shall seek or accept election, nomination, or appointment as an officer of a county or municipal political club or organization, or take an active part in, or make any contribution or donation to, any county or municipal political campaign, or serve […]
Section 45-51A-32.123 Soliciting or receiving assessments, contributions, etc., for any political purpose prohibited. No officer, agent, clerk, or employee, under the government of the county or municipality and no candidate for any county or municipal office, directly or indirectly, shall solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, […]
Section 45-51A-32.124 Legal services. In any matter requiring the services of an attorney, the personnel board may call upon the county or city attorney of any such county or city to render such legal services to the board as it may deem necessary or advisable, or the board may employ independent counsel and the compensation […]
Section 45-51A-32.125 Compensation and expenses; payments. The compensation and all other expenses of the personnel board, the personnel director, and all others arising under the provisions hereof, shall be paid by warrants drawn by the board of revenue on the general fund of the county. At the end of the county’s fiscal year it shall […]
Section 45-51A-32.126 Certification requirement. It shall be unlawful for any county, municipal, public corporation, board or commission, official, officer or employee, or any other fiscal officer, to draw or issue any warrant to the county, municipal, public corporation, board or commission treasury, or county, municipal, public corporation, board, or commission depository, for the payment of […]
Section 45-51A-32.127 Violations. Any person who violates this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1971, No. 2280, p. 3671, § 18.)
