HB342INTRODUCED Page 0 HB342 FNMRDDD-1 By Representative Holk-Jones (N & P) RFD: Baldwin County Legislation First Read: 19-Mar-24 1 2 3 4 5 FNMRDDD-1 03/19/2024 THR (L)THR 2023-3386 Page 1 First Read: 19-Mar-24 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Baldwin County; to amend Section 45-2-230.03, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the compensation of the sheriff. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 45-2-230.03, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "ยง45-2-230.03 (a) Commencing on March 28, 2022June 1, 2024, the Sheriff of Baldwin County shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount so that the total compensation of the sheriff is one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) per year. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (b) Commencing with the next term of office of the Sheriff of Baldwin County beginning after June 1, 2024 , the sheriff shall receive an annual salary of one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) in lieu of any and all compensation now provided by law. 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 HB342 INTRODUCED Page 2 law. (c) Commencing with the next term of office of the Sheriff of Baldwin County, should any employee of the office of the Sheriff of Baldwin County receive a cost-of-living compensation adjustment, that same cost-of-living adjustment shall apply to the sheriff's compensation. Any increase granted to the sheriff pursuant to this subsection shall be disbursed to the sheriff as an expense allowance until the end of that term of office as sheriff, at which time the increase shall be converted to salary." Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1, 2024. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39