Alabama Code 45-39-230.06. Dismissal of deputies; hearing; appeals
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-39-230.06
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Any deputy, to whom this part applies, may be dismissed for good cause by giving him or her written notice of the cause, and such deputy shall have an opportunity within a specified period of not less than seven nor more than 30 days to answer the charges made against him or her and to ask for a hearing before the civil service board of appeals created herein. The board shall thereupon order the charge or complaint to be filed forthwith in writing and shall hold a hearing de novo on such charges. No deputy shall be removed, discharged, or demoted except for some personal misconduct, or fact, rendering his or her further tenure harmful to the public interest, or for some cause affecting or concerning his or her fitness or ability. If such removal, dismissal, or demotion is appealed to the civil service board of appeals, then the same shall become final only after a hearing upon the written charges or complaint has been had, and after an opportunity has been given to the deputy to face his or her accusers, and to be heard in his or her own defense. Pending a hearing on the appeal, the affected deputy may be suspended. After such hearing the civil service board of appeals may order the deputy to be reinstated, demoted, removed, or discharged or suspended, or take such other disciplinary action as in its judgment is warranted by the evidence and under the law.