Shelby County v. Shelby County Law Enforcement Personnel Board

THIGPEN, Judge.

In November 1990, Shelby County, Alabama, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama, filed an action against the Shelby County Law Enforcement Personnel Board (Board), and the Sheriff of Shelby County, asking the trial court to declare the Act which created the Board (Act No. 79-524) unconstitutional as violative of Ala. Const, art. IV, § 104(14) and § 105. This suit was initiated and authorized by the Shelby County Commission (Commission). The complaint asserted that the Act conflicts with subject matter already addressed under the general law of Alabama, and that the…