Ala. Code § 22-50-40: Authority to Establish Personnel Policies and Salary Schedules.

The Alabama Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to establish personnel policies and salary schedules for all of its employees, and such policies and schedules shall not be limited by Section 36-6-5 or by any other provisions of law, unless such a law enacted after October 29, 1965, shall refer specifically to the employees of the Alabama Department of Mental Health.