Ala. Code § 11-43B-22: Continuance in Office of Persons Under Existing Civil Service System; Chapter Not to Supersede Existing Civil Service System.

Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the municipality under any civil service or merit system applicable to the municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality under the mayor-council form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service system. Where there is an existing civil service act, then that act shall remain in full force and effect and this chapter shall not supersede, modify, or repeal said civil service act.