HB323ENROLLED Page 0 HB323 JL4KNYN-2 By Representative Wood (R) (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 19-Mar-24 1 2 3 4 5 HB323 Enrolled Page 1 First Read: 19-Mar-24 Enrolled, An Act, Relating to Calhoun County; to amend Section 1 of Acts 1978, No. 117 (Acts 1978, p. 1832), and to replace Section 45-8-200.01, Code of Alabama 1975, as added by Acts 1965, No. 154 (Acts 1965, p. 218), which act was repealed by Acts 1978, No. 117 (Acts 1978, p. 1832); and to further provide for the compensation of the license commissioner. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 1 of Acts 1978, No. 117 (Acts 1978, p. 1832), is amended to read as follows: "The license commissioner presently serving in Calhoun County shall continue in that office until his successor is elected, in the 1980 primary or general election, and assumes office in January, 1981. (a) Commencing with the election of the license commissioner in the 1980 election, the term of office shall be for six years from January , 1981, and shall be filled by the majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the primary or general election held , in 1980, for county-wide offices which terms commence in 1981 , and every six years thereafter. (b) Notice of the election shall be given by the judge of probate, which notice shall be published once a week for three successive weeks before the day of the election. (c) Candidates for the office shall qualify as other candidates for county office. (d) The judge of probate shall certify the results of the election to the Secretary of State in the same manner as is required for all local or general elections. 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 HB323 Enrolled Page 2 is required for all local or general elections. (e) Beginning with the new term of office in January 1981, and thereafter, the commissioner of license shall receive an annual salary of twenty-two thousand five hundred thousand dollars ($22,500). Such salary shall be paid from the county treasury in the same manner as other county officers' salaries are paid." Section 2. (a) Effective July 1, 2024, the commissioner of licenses shall receive an additional expense allowance equal to 12.5 percent of the commissioner's salary on June 1, 2024, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the commissioner. (b) Beginning with the next term of office after July 1, 2024, the commissioner of licenses shall receive an annual salary equal to 112.5 percent of the commissioner's salary on June 1, 2024, and the expense allowance in subsection (a) shall be void. Section 3. This act shall become effective on June 1, 2024. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 HB323 Enrolled Page 3 2024. ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 02-Apr-24. John Treadwell Clerk Senate 02-May-24 Passed 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79