Sorrell v. Johnson

I must respectfully dissent. The majority has subverted § 44-1-26, Ala.Code 1975, and has provided a windfall to Jefferson County’s probation program at the expense of its state-subsidized juvenile probation officers, who are due a raise under Act 94-829, Ala. Acts 1994 (“the Act”). Section 44-1-26 was amended in 1994 by the Act to give all counties a subsidy of at least $22,000 for the salary of each authorized juvenile probation officer. However, the Act specifically prohibits a county, when adjusting the salary rates of juvenile probation officers, from reducing the amount of the salaries…