HB633

What it does

• Sets the total number of personnel board members at five.
• Assigns appointment powers to specific officials: a joint appointee by the probate judge and sheriff; one appointed by the county commission based on the engineer's recommendation; a joint appointee by the tax assessor and tax collector; one appointed by the revenue commissioner; and one appointed by the President of the Northeast Alabama Labor Council.
• Creates staggered initial terms: two years for the probate judge/sheriff appointee, four years for the county commission/engineer appointee, six years for the tax assessor/collector appointee, and one year each for the revenue commissioner and labor council appointees.
• Sets standard subsequent term lengths at four years starting October 1.
• Requires all board members to be qualified voters in Etowah County who do not hold any paid public office or job with the county.
• Pays regular members $60 per meeting day and the chairperson $75, with monthly limits of $180 for members and $225 for the chair.