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2 215982-2
3 By Representatives Lee, Clouse, Grimsley and Sorrells (N & P)
4 RFD: Local Legislation
5 First Read: 11-JAN-22
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2 ENROLLED, An Act,
3 Relating to Houston County; to amend Section
4 45-35-83.01, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the
5 compensation of the judge of probate.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
7 Section 1. Section 45-35-83.01, Code of Alabama
8 1975, is amended to read as follows:
9 "ยง45-35-83.01.
10 "(a)(1) Beginning on June 1, 2015 the effective date
11 of the act amending this section, the Judge of Probate of
12 Houston County shall receive an annual salary of one hundred
13 five thousand dollars ($105,000). Notwithstanding Chapter 2A
14 of Title 11, the judge of probate shall be eligible for any
15 cost of living increase afforded to all county employees equal
16 to the state salary paid to a district judge, and shall be
17 entitled to any increases in salary in the same amount and
18 same manner as a district judge possessing the same number of
19 cumulative years of service as the probate judge at that time
20 possesses.
21 "(2) The salary provided by this section shall be in
22 lieu of any and all other prior compensation or income, not
23 including any expense allowance, provided by law for the judge
24 of probate, and shall be paid in equal periodic installments
25 from the general fund of the county.
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1 "(b) In order to receive the compensation provided
2 under subsection (a), the judge of probate shall waive any
3 compensation provided under Section 17-3-60, relating to
4 reports from the state voter registration list."
5 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
6 first day of the first month following its passage and
7 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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6 President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives7
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in8
9 and was passed by the House 08-FEB-22.
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11 Jeff Woodard
12 Clerk
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Senate16 17-MAR-22 Passed
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