(a) All persons employed by Bishop State Community College, Southern Union State Community College, Bevill State Community College, and the Alabama Community College System who are part of the Alabama Career Center System on July 1, 2015, with no adverse effect as to salary or benefits, shall be transferred, subject to the contingency described in subsection (c), to the Alabama Department of Labor.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 25-2-4.1

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) All transferred employees shall be placed into Merit System classifications as determined by the State Personnel Department. The State Personnel Department shall credit all transferred employees with his or her years of service while with the Alabama Career Center System. All transferred personnel shall be covered by the Merit System Act and shall be entitled to all privileges and responsibilities as other Merit System employees and their service and removal shall be subject to the Merit System Act and the rules of the State Personnel Department.
(c) Implementation of this section is contingent upon federal Congressional appropriation of adequate funding from the Federal Workforce Investment Act or any successor or similar act for fiscal year 2015 or later, as determined by the Director of Finance.
(d) The Department of Labor shall contribute an amount to the State Employees’ Insurance Fund for each of the retired employees of the Alabama Career Center System equal to any amount appropriated by the state to fund benefits for retired employees as determined by the State Employees’ Insurance Board, contingent upon compliance with federal mandate.