County Commission of Jefferson County v. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 64

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County (hereinafter “Personnel Board”) and the County Commission of Jefferson County (hereinafter “County Commission”) appeal, and the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 64, and certain individual deputy sheriffs (hereinafter collectively “F.O.P.”) cross-appeal, from a final judgment declaring Act No. 88-897, Ala.Acts 1988, constitutional.

Act No. 88-897 was approved on September 30, 1988, during the Alabama Legisla*894ture’s first special session. It became effective that date. It is uncontroverted that the passage of Act No. 88-897 was prior to the passage of…