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Committee advances bill to let Trussville opt out of Jefferson County personnel board after litigation
Summary
A House committee advanced HB153, which sponsor Chairman Garrett said would allow the city of Trussville to opt out of the Jefferson County personnel board. The measure was refiled and advertised after court challenges; members said repassing the advertised bill should reduce further litigation costs.
A legislative committee voted to advance HB153, a bill that would permit the city of Trussville to opt out of the Jefferson County personnel board, after the sponsor detailed a multi-year legal dispute over the measure.
"We can cut out all of those attorneys' fees and litigation if we repass the bill that advertised it," Chairman Garrett said in presenting the bill, summarizing court activity that began after the earlier passage of a similar measure.
Garrett told members the county personnel…
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