SB317INTRODUCED Page 0 6NKNZ3-1 By Senator Beasley (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 11-May-23 2023 Regular Session 1 2 3 4 5 6 6NKNZ3-1 04/06/2023 FC (L) MA 2022-5220 Page 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Macon County; to provide for the salary of the judge of probate; to ratify and confirm prior payments to the judge of probate prior to the effective date of this act; and to repeal Section 45-44-84 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to Macon County and the salary of the judge of probate. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Effective October 1, 2023, the salary of the Judge of Probate of Macon County shall be eighty-nine thousand dollars ($89,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The salary provided by this act, shall be in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation previously provided by law except the judge of probate shall continue to receive the expense allowance provided to county officers pursuant to Act 2017-463 of the 2017 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 45-44-11.01 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (b) Effective October 1, 2024, and thereafter, the salary of the judge of probate shall be increased to include the amount of any cost-of-living raises or other uniform 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 SB317 INTRODUCEDSB317 INTRODUCED Page 2 increases in compensation granted to all county employees. (c) Any prior payments made to the Judge of Probate of Macon County by Macon County beginning on January 15, 2019, until discontinued by the county, which payments were incorrectly paid through no fault of the judge of probate, are ratified and confirmed. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this act are repealed. Section 45-44-84 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to Macon County and the salary of the judge of probate, is expressly repealed. Section 3. 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