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856XF2-1
By Representative Underwood (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 02-May-23
2023 Regular Session
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Colbert County; to amend Section 45-17-60,
Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the expense allowance,
annual salary, and other benefits for the coroner of Colbert
County; and to authorize the Colbert County Commission to
appropriate and expend funds for the operation of the Office
of Coroner of Colbert County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 45-17-60, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง45-17-60
(a) The Coroner of Colbert County shall be entitled to
receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of ten
thousand dollars ($10,000) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)
per year to be paid in equal monthly installments out of the
county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in
addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and
expense allowances provided for by law.
(b) Effective for the term of office beginning after
the 2026 General Election, the expense allowance provided for
in subsection (a) shall be void and the Coroner of Colbert
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County shall receive an annual salary of twenty-one thousand
dollars ($21,000) to be paid in equal monthly installments
from the general fund of the county. The salary in this
subsection shall be the total compensation paid to the
coroner, subject to the adjustments provided in subsection
(c).
(c) In addition to the salary provided in subsection
(b), the salary of the coroner shall be increased by any
uniform increases in compensation granted equally to all
county employees by the Colbert County Commission. In
addition, the coroner may participate in the county health
insurance plan and any retirement plan provided to county
employees under the same terms as county employees.
(d) The Colbert County Commission may appropriate and
expend county funds for the coroner's salary, benefits, and
expenses necessary for the operation of the office of the
coroner. The Colbert County Commission may provide the coroner
with expenses for the operation of a motor vehicle or may
furnish the coroner with the use of a county vehicle.
(e) The Colbert County Commission may authorize the
coroner to appoint one or more deputy coroners to perform the
duties of the coroner in the absence of the coroner and
provide for the compensation of any deputy coroner appointed. "
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately
following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
otherwise becoming law.
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