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Ala. Code § 36-1-4.3 (2026)

Salary Deductions for Dues, Contributions, and Premiums; Termination of Deductions; Administration Fee.

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(a)(1) Subject to the restrictions of Section 17-17-5, the Comptroller shall adopt statewide policies that provide for deductions from the salaries of state employees or groups of state employees whenever a request is presented to the Comptroller by a group of at least 200 participating state employees; provided, however, that deductions being made as of April 23, 1985, shall continue to be made. The deductions shall be made at least monthly and shall be remitted to the appropriate company, association, or organization as specified by the employees. The deductions may be made for membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, and financial instruments offered through state employee membership associations, not to include deferred compensation plans. Any deduction provided under this section may be terminated upon two months’ written notice by a state employee to the appropriate company, association, or organization and to the appropriate payroll clerk or other appropriate officials as specified by the Comptroller.

(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “financial instrument” means an executed agreement or contract for the specified terms of repayment. The state bears no liability on repayment between an employee and a financial institution.

(b) The Comptroller may, at his or her discretion, collect from the deductions withheld a cost of administration fee not to exceed one percent of the total deduction collected.

(Acts 1985, No. 85-353, p. 295, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-216, p. 528, §§1, 2; Act 2025-69, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2011–2014 · leading case: Davis v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 92 So. 3d 737 (Ala. 2012).
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Davis v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 92 So. 3d 737 (Ala. 2012). · cites it 4× “Code 1975, prescribes other procedures relating to the salary deductions authorized in § 36-1-4.3: “The policies adopted by the state Comptroller for deductions from the salaries of state employees or groups of state employees for employee organizations shall provide that the…”
Alabama Educ. Ass'n v. Bentley, 788 F. Supp. 2d 1283 (N.D. Ala. 2011). · cites it 3× “Ala.Code § 36-1-4.3 (1975) (2001 Replacement Vol.”
State Superintendent of Educ. v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 144 So. 3d 265 (Ala. 2013). · cites it 2× “Subject to certain conditions, § 36-1-4.3, Ala.Code 1975, provides that the comptroller may make deductions from the salary of a State employee upon the employee’s request.”
Alabama Educ. Ass'n v. State Superintendent of Educ., Eta L, 665 F.3d 1234 (11th Cir. 2011). “Alabama Code §§ 36-1-4.3 and 36-1-4.4 authorize public employees to request that the Alabama State Comptroller arrange for the payment of membership dues for employee organizations by payroll deduction.”
Thomas L. White, Jr., as Comptroller of the State of Alabama v. Karen John, 164 So. 3d 1106 (Ala. 2014). · cites it 3× “The memorandum first recounted the comptroller’s authority to “adopt statewide policies which provide for deductions from the salaries of state employees” as provided in § 36-1-4.3, Ala.Code 1975. It then related the substance of § 17-17-5 as amended by the Act.”
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