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HB4 - Public officers and employees, salaries, salary increase of certain officers may not exceed the pay plan of Merit System, Sec. 36-6-6 am'd..
Sponsor(s): Representative Hanes
Synopsis and Analysis: Under existing law, the Governor and certain other appointing authorities set the salaries of appointed department heads and assistant department heads, members of the Governor's cabinet and assistant cabinet members, officers and employees appointed in the exempt service, and the executive assistants in the Governor's office.This bill would provide that an increase in salary, if any, may not exceed the pay plan of the Merit System.
In fixing such salaries, the Governor or other appointing authority shall give due consideration to the salaries of comparable positions in other states and in private industry in Alabama. In other words, this legislation standardizes salaries and aligns pay increases of exempt employees with the pay plan for merit employees.
League Action and Justification: Support. This legislation standardizes salaries and aligns pay increases of exempt employees with the pay plan for merit employees The LWVAL position states that “The executive branch should be subject to periodic reorganization to achieve maximum efficiency and economy. “
Bill Progress in Legislature
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HB4 - Public officers and employees, salaries, salary increase of certain officers may not exceed the pay plan of Merit System, Sec. 36-6-6 am'd.. Sponsor(s): Representative Hanes
Synopsis and Analysis: Under existing law, the Governor and certain other appointing authorities set the salaries of appointed department heads and assistant department heads, members of the Governor's cabinet and assistant cabinet members, officers and employees appointed in the exempt service, and the executive assistants in the Governor's office.This bill would provide that an increase in salary, if any, may not exceed the pay plan of the Merit System.
In fixing such salaries, the Governor or other appointing authority shall give due consideration to the salaries of comparable positions in other states and in private industry in Alabama. In other words, this legislation standardizes salaries and aligns pay increases of exempt employees with the pay plan for merit employees.
League Action and Justification: Support. This legislation standardizes salaries and aligns pay increases of exempt employees with the pay plan for merit employees The LWVAL position states that “The executive branch should be subject to periodic reorganization to achieve maximum efficiency and economy. “
Bill Progress in Legislature
Go here to get more information about the bill and changes in the bill as it progresses through the legislature.
| Calendar Date | Body | Amd/Sub | Matter | Committee | Nay | Yea | Abstain | Vote |
| 03/05/2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government | SG |
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