Section 33-1-5

Officers and employees generally.

(a) All employees and officers of the Alabama State Port Authority, except the director, executive level employees hired pursuant to Section 33-1-3, and those exempt under Section 36-26-10, shall be subject to the provisions of the state Merit System law with respect to the method of selection, classification, and compensation of state employees. Sections 33-1-5.1 and 33-1-5.2 shall apply to the director and the non-merit system executive level employees, including their spouses and dependents; however, nothing in this Act 2000-598 shall be construed to alter or modify Sections 33-1-5.1 and 33-1-5.2.

(b) Persons employed by the Alabama State Docks Department on August 1, 2000, shall continue to have precisely the same rights and benefits as they now have under the Merit System and under the State Employees' Retirement System and all other benefits that they had on August 1, 2000.

(c) The Alabama State Port Authority may employ port police officers at the Port of Mobile, who shall be employed pursuant to the state Merit System. Port police officers employed pursuant to this subsection are constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full police power and jurisdiction to enforce the laws of the state and the rules and regulations which may be promulgated by the port authority on property owned by or otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Alabama State Port Authority and the approaches thereto. Port police officers shall meet the minimum standards for law enforcement officers provided by law.

(Acts 1955, No. 103, p. 345, §6; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 302, p. 2362, §2; Act 2000-458, p. 857, §1; Act 2000-598, p. 1199, §2.)