§7-14B-18a. Correctional Officers Who Are Required to Work During Holidays; How Compensated
From the effective date of this section, if any correctional officer is required to work during a legal holiday as is specified in section one, article two, chapter two of this code, or if a legal holiday falls on the member's regular scheduled day off, he or she shall be allowed equal time off at […]
§7-14B-19. Sick Leave
(a) The county commission of each county shall allow the correctional officer sick leave with pay to be computed as follows: Correctional officers shall be entitled to one and one-half days sick leave for each calendar month worked, or greater part thereof. (b) Sick leave shall be granted only when illness on the part of […]
§7-14B-20. Offenses and Penalties
Any person who makes an appointment or promotion to any position, or selects a person for employment, contrary to the provisions of this article, or willfully refuses or neglects otherwise to comply with, or to conform to, any of the provisions of this article, or violates any of such provisions, shall be deemed guilty of […]
§7-14B-21. County Commission of Counties With a Population of Less Than 25,000 May Place Correctional Officers Under Civil Service; Protest and Election With Respect Thereto
The county commission of any county having a population of less than 25,000 may by order entered of record provide that the provisions of this article providing civil service for correctional officers shall apply to such county on and after the effective date of this article. A copy of such order, together with a notice […]
§7-14B-22. Inconsistent Acts Repealed; Once Established Civil Service Remains Mandatory
All acts and parts of acts of the Legislature, whether general, special or local, in relation to correctional officers inconsistent with the provisions of this article shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Any civil service system for correctional officers in any county with a population of twenty-five […]
§7-14B-23. Severability
If any provision of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article, and to this end the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
§7-14B-15. Political Activity of Correctional Officers Prohibited; Petition for Vacating Appointment; Action on Petition; Appeal
(a) On and after the effective date of this article, no correctional officer covered by the provisions of this article shall engage in any political activity of any kind, character or nature whatsoever, except to cast his vote at any election or shall act as an election official in any municipal, county or state election. […]
§7-14B-16. Training and Retraining Programs for All Correctional Officers Required
(a) The civil service commission of any such county shall establish or prescribe a training program which every correctional officer first appointed a correctional officer of such county on or after the effective date of this article must satisfactorily complete during his probationary period. (b) The civil service commission of any such county shall also […]
§7-14B-17. Removal, Discharge, Suspension or Reduction in Rank or Pay; Appeal; Reduction in Force; Mandatory Retirement Age
(a) No correctional officer of any county subject to the provisions of this article, may be removed, discharged, suspended or reduced in rank or pay except for just cause, which may not be religious or political, except as provided in section fifteen of this article; and no such correctional officer may be removed, discharged, suspended […]
§7-14B-18. Vacations for Correctional Officers
The county commission of each county shall allow the correctional officer in its employ vacation time accrued in the following manner: For correctional officers with less than five years of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the rate of one and one-quarter days for each calendar month of service; for correctional officers with five […]