The issue in the instant case can be stated in a simple and direct fashion: can the Randolph County Commission, in the face of a statute authorizing overtime pay for deputy sheriffs, limit the number of overtime hours worked to emergency situations? We conclude that the answer is in the negative.
On May 28, 1981 the Alabama legislature passed Act No. 81-868, which provides in pertinent part:
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