16 | 18 | | Relating to Blount County; to further provide for the |
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17 | 19 | | expense allowance and salary of the coroner; and to repeal |
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18 | 20 | | Section 45-6-60.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the |
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19 | 21 | | salary of the coroner. |
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20 | 22 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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21 | 23 | | Section 1. (a) Commencing on October 1, 2024, the |
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22 | 24 | | Coroner of Blount County shall be entitled to an additional |
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23 | 25 | | expense allowance in the amount of eighteen thousand dollars |
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24 | 26 | | ($18,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other |
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25 | 27 | | expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. |
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26 | 28 | | This expense allowance shall be payable from the general fund |
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27 | 29 | | of the county. |
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28 | 30 | | (b) Beginning with the next term of the coroner |
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29 | 31 | | commencing in January 2027, the annual salary for the Coroner |
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30 | 32 | | of Blount County shall be thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) |
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31 | 33 | | per annum, payable from the general fund of the county and at |
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32 | 34 | | that time subsection (a) shall become void. The salary |
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33 | 35 | | provided in this subsection shall be in lieu of any other |
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34 | 36 | | salary, compensation, fees, or allowances provided to the |
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35 | 37 | | coroner except for any health insurance benefits provided to |
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36 | 38 | | the coroner. |
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72 | 74 | | uniform increases during the prior term. |
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73 | 75 | | (d) The Blount County Commission may authorize the |
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74 | 76 | | coroner to receive reasonable and necessary expenses and |
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75 | 77 | | supplies, including transportation expenses, as determined by |
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76 | 78 | | the county commission related to the operations of the office |
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77 | 79 | | of coroner and the performance of duties of the coroner. The |
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78 | 80 | | expenses and supplies authorized by this section shall be |
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79 | 81 | | subject to the approval of the county commission and shall be |
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80 | 82 | | paid in the same manner as expenses of other county employees. |
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81 | 83 | | (e) The Blount County Commission may authorize the |
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82 | 84 | | coroner to appoint deputy coroners as needed and may provide |
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83 | 85 | | for the compensation of the deputies from the general fund of |
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84 | 86 | | the county. |
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85 | 87 | | Section 2. Effective on the expiration of the term of |
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86 | 88 | | the incumbent coroner in January 2027, Section 45-5-60.01 of |
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87 | 89 | | the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the salary of the |
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88 | 90 | | coroner, is repealed. |
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89 | 91 | | Section 3. This act shall become effective October 1, |
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