Section 29-4-20 Subordinate officers - Secretary of the Senate; Assistant Secretary of the Senate.
Section 29-4-20
Subordinate officers - Secretary of the Senate; Assistant Secretary of the Senate.
(a) The subordinate officers of the Senate consist of the Secretary of the Senate and an Assistant Secretary of the Senate. The Secretary of the Senate shall be a full-time employee, elected as provided by law, and compensated as provided in this chapter.
(b) The Secretary of the Senate, after serving in that capacity for nine successive years, shall attain continuing service status and may be removed only for cause by a vote of a majority of the members elected to the Senate after 10 days' notice of the intention to vote thereon together with a written notice of the cause for such removal. The service herein provided shall begin on the date of the original election to such office, whether such original election occurred prior to May 1, 1973, or otherwise. The Secretary of the Senate, after attaining continuing service status, shall not participate in political activities such as are prohibited by the Merit System Act in Section 36-26-38.
(c) The Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall serve only while the Legislature is in session. The Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall be elected by a majority vote of the Senate.
(d) Nothing herein shall prohibit the Assistant Secretary of the Senate from being employed as a legislative employee when the Legislature is not in session, but in no event shall he or she be paid or receive compensation for more than one employment at any one time.
(e) The Secretary of the Senate may appoint an administrative assistant. The administrative assistant to the Secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary and shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the Secretary in accordance with that of comparable positions established under the State Merit System pay plan.
(f) The Secretary of the Senate may employ a chief clerk who shall be a full-time employee. The chief clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Senate and shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the Secretary in accordance with that of comparable positions established under the State Merit System pay plan.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-658, p. 1249, §3.)