HB633 • 2026

Etowah County, membership of personnel board

Elections Labor Taxes

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Butler (M)
Last action: 2026-04-17
Official status: Enacted
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill amends Section 45-28-121, but the text contains a circular reference defining classified service by citing itself (Section 45-28-121.03 is cited in subsection (a) while the section number listed is 45-28-121).

Etowah County Personnel Board Membership Rules

This law sets the number of members on the Etowah County personnel board, defines who appoints them and for how long, lists eligibility rules, and establishes their pay.

What This Bill 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.

Who It Names or Affects

The five-member personnel board of Etowah County
County officials who appoint board members, including judges, sheriffs, tax assessors, commissioners, revenue commissioners, and labor council leaders

Terms To Know

Personnel Board: A group of five people appointed to manage the personnel department for county employees in classified service.
Classified Service: County jobs that follow specific government rules as defined in state law.
Staggered Terms: A system where board members serve different length terms so not all seats open up at the same time.

Limits and Unknowns

The text does not list specific names of people currently serving on the board.
The law sets rules for future appointments but does not detail how to handle vacancies if a member leaves early before their term ends.
The effective date is July 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-04-17 House
Enacted
2026-04-09 Senate
Waggoner motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1304 (Yeas 31, Nays 0)
2026-04-09 House
Delivered to Governor
2026-04-09 Senate
Signature Requested
2026-04-09 House
Enrolled
2026-04-09 House
Ready to Enroll
2026-04-08 Senate
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-04-08 Senate
Reported Out of Committee Second House
2026-04-07 Senate
Pending Committee Action in Second House
2026-04-07 Senate
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation
2026-03-31 House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1044 (Yeas 94, Nays 0)
2026-03-31 House
Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 84, Nays 7)
2026-03-19 House
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-03-19 House
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
2026-03-17 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-03-17 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation

Official Summary Text

Etowah County, membership of personnel board

Current Bill Text

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HB633 ENROLLED
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HB633
TBPJ695-2
By Representative Butler (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 17-Mar-26
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First Read: 17-Mar-26
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Etowah County; to amend Section 45-28-121,
Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the membership of
the personnel board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 45-28-121 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows:
"§45-28-121
(a) In Etowah County, there is hereby 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 45-28-121.03.
(b)(1) The personnel department shall consist of a
personnel board and a personnel director. The personnel board
shall consist of five members. Three members shall be
appointed for a term of six years each as follows: One to be
appointed by
a. Upon the term of the member who is a joint appointee
of the judge of probate judge and the sheriff of the county;
one to be expiring on September 30, 2028, one member appointed
by the judge of probate.
b. Upon the term of the member appointed by the county
commission ; and one to be appointed as expiring on September
30, 2030, one member appointed by the county commission upon
the recommendation of the county engineer.
c. Upon the term of the member who is a joint appointee
of the county tax assessor and the county tax collector ;
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of the county tax assessor and the county tax collector ;
however, the terms for the above three named initial
appointees shall be staggered. For the first appointments the
joint appointee of the probate judge and the sheriff of the
county shall be for two years; the first appointee by the
county commission shall be for a term of four years; and the
first joint appointee by the county tax assessor and county
tax collector shall be for six years. The other two members of
the board shall be appointed for one-year terms. One of the
additional members shall be appointed annually expiring on
September 30, 2026, one member appointed by the revenue
commissioner.
d. Upon the term of the member appointed by the
President of the Etowah County Chamber of Commerce ; and one
member shall be appointed annually expiring on September 30,
2026, one member appointed by the county commission upon the
recommendation of the chief administrative officer.
e. Upon the term of the member appointed by the
President of the Etowah County Labor Council expiring on
September 30, 2026, one member appointed by the President of
the Northeast Alabama Labor Council .
(2) Subsequent terms on the board shall be for four
years and shall begin on October 1.
(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 with
the county, nor shall any member, while a member of the board
or for a period of one year after he or she has ceased to be a
member, be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or
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member, be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or
employment in the service of the county or any county elective
office.
(d) For regular meetings of the board or special
hearings or meetings of the board relating to a pending
disciplinary action, each member shall receive sixty dollars
($60) per diem, not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars
($180) per month paid from the county treasury, and the chair
shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75) per diem, not to
exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per month paid
from the county treasury."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on July 1,
2026.
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2026.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 31-Mar-26.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 09-Apr-26 Passed
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