Commission v. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 64

MADDOX, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in issuing a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson County Commission to pay an allowance to law enforcement *199officers as provided for by a local act of the Legislature pending a determination of the merits of this case, which involves a challenge to the constitutionality of the local act.

Act No. 88-897, Ala.Acts 1988, which became effective on September 30, 1988, provides:

“Any non-elected law enforcement officer, including the sheriffs executive assistant, who is employed by the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department on a…