§ 45-2-120 Purpose
§ 45-2-120.01 Definitions
§ 45-2-120.02 Personnel merit system established
§ 45-2-120.03 Employees subject to system
§ 45-2-120.04 Hearing required for separation from county employment
§ 45-2-120.05 Powers and duties of county commission
§ 45-2-120.06 Personnel department – Duties; funding
§ 45-2-120.07 Rules, policies, procedures
§ 45-2-120.08 Personnel Appeals Board
§ 45-2-120.09 Appeals from disciplinary actions
§ 45-2-120.10 Hiring of employees; placement actions
§ 45-2-120.11 Classification of existing employees
§ 45-2-120.12 Appointed and contract employees
§ 45-2-120.13 Power of commission to contract for professional services
§ 45-2-120.14 Construction of article
§ 45-2-120.15 Effective date

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 2 > Article 12 - Employees

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • 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.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1