Ala. Code § 45-58-241.27: Abolition of Offices; Transfer of Personnel.

(a) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector are abolished effective the first day of October 2003.

(b) All personnel employed in the office of tax assessor or tax collector at the time the office of county property tax commissioner comes into being shall be governed pursuant to the Shelby County Civil Service Act and shall be absorbed into the staff of the office of county property tax commissioner. Any position held by one of these employees may not be eliminated except as allowed and provided for in the Shelby County Civil Service Act and the applicable county rules and regulations.