Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-22-120

  • County: means Cullman County, Alabama; "employee" means any person who is employed in the service of the county on a regular full-time basis; "exempt service" means those employees to whom this article shall not apply; "classified service" means those employees to whom this article shall apply; "commission" means the County Commission of Cullman County; "board" means the personnel board; "head of department/office" includes the sheriff, revenue commissioner, judge of probate, and chair of the county commission. See Alabama Code 45-22-120.02
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

This article shall apply to and have application in Cullman County, Alabama, to all regular full-time employees whose wages, salaries, and benefits are provided in whole or in part from the general fund of the county and other designated and special funds under the management and administration of the county commission of the county, including regular full-time employees of the sheriff’s department, revenue commissioner’s office, judge of probate‘s office, and juvenile probation office, including the chief probation officer, except as limited in Section 45-22-120.01.