posted 04-22-2009 03:52 PM
http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2009rs/bills/hb693.htm Alabama HB-693
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, no person may require as a condition of continued employment with the state that an individual submit to a polygraph test.
This bill would apply such prohibition to county and municipal employees.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Section 36-1-8, Code of Alabama 1975, prohibiting the use of polygraph testing for state employees, to apply such prohibition to county and municipal employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 36-1-8, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§36-1-8.
"(a) No person may require or demand as a condition of continued employment with a county, a municipality, or the State of Alabama that an individual submit to or take a polygraph or similar test.
"(b) Any person found guilty of violating subsection (a) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
This Bill is Currently Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
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