Section 11-44B-45
Section 11-44B-45Appointments and promotions by merit.
All persons shall be appointed or promoted to covered jobs on a nonpartisan merit basis. No person shall be appointed or promoted to, or dismissed from, any job, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment because of his or her political or religious opinions or affiliations. No person shall seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in connection with any appointment or promotion to a job.
(Act 2006-233, p. 420, ยง6.)