Ala. Code § 23-1-353
The current Director of the Alabama Department of Aeronautics shall be transferred to the Alabama State Department of Transportation into a Merit System position classified as Aeronautics Administrator, which position shall be assigned an appropriate pay range by the State Personnel Board as set forth in the Merit System Act and personnel board regulations, but in no event shall compensation be less than at salary range 86. The current Executive Assistant of the Alabama Department of Aeronautics shall be transferred to the Alabama State Department of Transportation into a Merit System position classified as Aeronautics Specialist, which position shall be assigned an appropriate pay range by the State Personnel Board as set forth in the Merit System Act and personnel board regulations, but in no event shall compensation be less than at salary range 75. The State Personnel Department shall take all necessary action to create and establish the positions within the state merit classification system. All other full-time personnel of the Alabama Department of Aeronautics and the Alabama Aeronautics Commission created pursuant to Section 4-2-30, shall be transferred to the Alabama State Department of Transportation in their current classifications. All transferred personnel shall be covered by the state Merit System and entitled to all privileges and responsibilities as other Merit System employees, and their service and removal shall be subject to the state Merit System rules and regulations.
Ala. Code § 23-1-353 (1975)