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PKZ7RR-1
By Senator Carnley (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 16-May-23
2023 Regular Session
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Coffee County; to amend Section 45-16-62,
Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the appointment
of a chief deputy coroner and a deputy coroner, to provide for
compensation for the chief deputy coroner and deputy coroner,
and to repeal Section 45-16-61, Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to the appointment of a deputy coroner.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 45-16-62, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง45-16-62
(a) The coroner shall be elected at the general
election and every four years thereafter, and shall serve for
a term of four years.
(b) The coroner shall appoint a chief deputy coroner
from the judicial circuit division of the county where the
elected coroner does not reside. The chief deputy coroner
shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of four
hundred dollars ($400) per month . The coroner may appoint one
deputy coroner. The deputy coroner shall be entitled to
compensation in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per
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month. The Coffee County Commission may adjust the
compensation and any expense allowance for the chief deputy
coroner or deputy coroner by resolution of the commission. Any
compensation or expense allowance shall be paid from the
county general fund by the county commission.
(c)(1) A Coroner of Coffee County who is first elected
or appointed on or after September 22, 2015, shall receive an
annual base salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
per year, which shall be paid in the same manner and at the
same time as other county employees.
(2) The annual salary provided in subdivision (1) shall
continue to be adjusted thereafter as authorized in Chapter 2A
of Title 11.
(3) If there is a break in continuous service as
coroner on or after September 22, 2015, upon reappointment or
reelection as coroner, he or she shall receive the base salary
as provided in subdivision (1), which may be adjusted as
provided in subdivision (2).
(d) The coroner may participate in the same retirement
system and the same insurance plan in the same manner and upon
the same terms and conditions as any other employee of the
county.
(e) The Coffee County Commission shall pay all expenses
incurred or required by the coroner , and chief deputy coroner ,
and deputy coroner to perform the duties of his or her office,
including travel expenses pursuant to state-approved rates for
state employees, radio and paging equipment and maintenance
costs, and association dues and continuing education expenses.
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The expenses shall be paid from the county general fund by the
county commission."
Section 2. Section 45-16-61, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to the appointment of a deputy coroner is repealed.
Section 3. This act shall become effective immediately
following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
otherwise becoming law.
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