HB222INTRODUCED Page 0 2839IK-1 By Representative Bolton (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 04-Apr-23 1 2 3 4 5 2839IK-1 02/22/2023 FC (L)ma 2023-97 Page 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Pickens County; to further provide for the expense allowance and salary of the Revenue Commissioner of Pickens County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Effective beginning on the first day of the month following the effective date of this act, the Revenue Commissioner of Pickens County shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount equal to eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per year payable in equal monthly installments. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any other salary, expense allowance, or compensation the revenue commissioner is receiving. The expense allowance provided by this subsection shall be treated as salary for retirement purposes. (b) Effective beginning the next term of office after the effective date of this act, the annual salary of the revenue commissioner shall be increased by eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per year and at that time subsection (a) shall be void. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11-2A-4, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB222 INTRODUCEDHB222 INTRODUCED Page 2 Code of Alabama 1975, or any other law to the contrary, effective beginning October 1, 2024, and thereafter, pursuant to the provisions of this act, the revenue commissioner shall be entitled to the same uniform increases in compensation, such as cost-of-living increases, received by other elected county officers. The uniform increases shall be paid to the revenue commissioner as expense allowances during the term of the revenue commissioner and shall be treated as salary for retirement purposes. At the end of each term, the amount of any uniform increases during the term shall be added to the permanent salary of the revenue commissioner effective beginning the next term of the revenue commissioner. (d) The expense allowance and salary provided by this act shall be paid from any fund or funds from which the salary of the revenue commissioner is currently paid. Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46