§5-17-50. Employment and compensation of necessary personnel; assistant administrator.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 36-26-1, et seq., the administrator may appoint or employ such assistants, employees, and attorneys as may be necessary to the efficient operation of the department. The administrator shall fix their compensation in accordance with Section 36-26-1, et seq. and the pay plan of the State Personnel Department. All such assistants, employees, and attorneys shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System. The administrator, with the approval of the Governor, may employ and discharge special counsel as the administrator may deem necessary.

(b) The administrator may appoint an assistant administrator, with the approval of the Credit Union Board of the Alabama Credit Union Administration. The administrator shall fix the compensation of the assistant administrator in accordance with Section 36-26-1, et seq. The position of assistant administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administrator shall be subject to the State Merit System and shall be eligible for and subject to any differential travel policy established by the State Personnel Department.

(c) The assistant administrator, in the absence of the administrator, shall exercise any of the powers conferred by law on the administrator and, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

(Acts 1985, No. 85-457, p. 425, §27; Act 2006-631, p. 1724, §1.)