SB325ENROLLED Page 0 PKZ7RR-2 By Senator Carnley (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 16-May-23 2023 Regular Session 1 2 3 4 5 SB325 EnrolledSB325 Enrolled Page 1 Enrolled, 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 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 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 SB325 EnrolledSB325 Enrolled Page 2 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. 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 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 SB325 EnrolledSB325 Enrolled Page 3 otherwise becoming law.57 SB325 EnrolledSB325 Enrolled Page 4 ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives SB325 Senate 23-May-23 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed the Senate. Patrick Harris, Secretary. House of Representatives Passed: 31-May-23 By: Senator Carnley 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86