16 | 18 | | Relating to Houston County; to amend Section 45-35-70, |
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17 | 19 | | Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the compensation |
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18 | 20 | | of the sheriff. |
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19 | 21 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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20 | 22 | | Section 1. Section 45-35-70, Code of Alabama 1975, is |
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21 | 23 | | amended to read as follows: |
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22 | 24 | | "ยง45-35-70 |
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23 | 25 | | (a)(1) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the compensation of |
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24 | 26 | | the Chair of the Houston County Commission shall be adjusted |
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25 | 27 | | so that the monthly compensation paid to the holder of the |
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26 | 28 | | office shall be 85 percent of the monthly compensation which |
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27 | 29 | | was being paid to the Houston County Judge of Probate on April |
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28 | 30 | | 1, 2007. The increase in compensation in this subdivision |
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29 | 31 | | shall be paid as a monthly expense allowance until the |
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30 | 32 | | beginning of the next term of office or as otherwise provided |
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31 | 33 | | by law, at which time the amount of the expense allowance |
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32 | 34 | | shall be included in the base salary for the office holder and |
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33 | 35 | | the expense allowance shall be void. Deductions from the |
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34 | 36 | | expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be made in |
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35 | 37 | | the same manner as if the expense allowance were salary as |
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36 | | - | provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11. |
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37 | | - | (2)a. Beginning on April 1, 2022June 1, 2024, the |
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38 | | - | annual salary of the Sheriff of Houston County shall be one |
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39 | | - | hundred twenty thirty thousand eight hundred dollars |
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40 | | - | ($120,000)($130,800). The annual salary shall only be adjusted |
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41 | | - | thereafter as authorized in Chapter 2A, Title 11. The increase |
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42 | | - | in compensation provided by this subdivision over the salary |
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| 67 | + | the same manner as if the expense allowance were salary as |
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| 68 | + | provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11. |
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| 69 | + | (2)a. Beginning on April 1, 2022June 1, 2024, the |
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| 70 | + | annual salary of the Sheriff of Houston County shall be one |
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| 71 | + | hundred twenty thirty thousand eight hundred dollars |
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| 72 | + | ($120,000)($130,800). The annual salary shall only be adjusted |
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| 73 | + | thereafter as authorized in Chapter 2A, Title 11. The increase |
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72 | 74 | | in compensation provided by this subdivision over the salary |
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73 | 75 | | of the sheriff existing before April 1, 2022June 1, 2024, |
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74 | 76 | | shall be paid as a monthly expense allowance until the |
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75 | 77 | | beginning of the next term of office, or as otherwise provided |
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76 | 78 | | by law, at which time that amount shall be included in the |
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77 | 79 | | base salary for the sheriff, and the expense allowance shall |
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78 | 80 | | be void. |
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79 | 81 | | b. Beginning June 1, 2024, in addition to the salary |
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80 | 82 | | provided in paragraph a., the sheriff shall receive the same |
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81 | 83 | | uniform increases in compensation, including cost-of-living or |
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82 | 84 | | other similar increases granted to other county employees. |
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83 | 85 | | During a term of the sheriff, the uniform increases shall be |
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84 | 86 | | paid as an additional expense allowance, and effective |
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85 | 87 | | beginning the next term of office, the cumulative expense |
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86 | 88 | | allowance during the term shall be converted to salary. |
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87 | 89 | | (3) After May 31, 2007, any adjustments in the expense |
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88 | 90 | | allowance or compensation of the Chair of the Houston County |
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89 | 91 | | Commission other than as provided in subdivision (1), shall |
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90 | 92 | | only be as authorized in Chapter 2A, Title 11. |
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91 | 93 | | (b)(1) The compensation being paid to the district |
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92 | 94 | | commissioners of the Houston County Commission commencing on |
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93 | 95 | | December 1, 2004, including any additional increases |
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| 125 | + | December 1, 2004, including any additional increases |
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| 126 | + | thereafter provided as a result of the application of Chapter |
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| 127 | + | 2A, Title 11, is ratified and confirmed and shall continue to |
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| 128 | + | be the amounts paid to all members of the Houston County |
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| 129 | + | Commission elected by district after May 31, 2007. The |
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| 130 | + | compensation of the district commissioners shall thereafter |
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| 131 | + | only be altered as provided in subdivision (2) or as provided |
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130 | 132 | | in Chapter 2A, Title 11. |
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131 | 133 | | (2) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the district |
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132 | 134 | | commissioners in Houston County shall each receive a monthly |
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133 | 135 | | expense allowance in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars |
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134 | 136 | | ($250) per month in lieu of mileage reimbursement for |
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135 | 137 | | performing duties within Houston County. |
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136 | 138 | | (3) Beginning on December 1, 2018, the Chair of the |
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137 | 139 | | Houston County Commission shall receive an expense allowance |
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138 | 140 | | in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month for |
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139 | 141 | | performing duties within the county. The expense allowance |
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140 | 142 | | provided in this subsection shall be in lieu of mileage |
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141 | 143 | | reimbursement or the chair being provided the use of a county |
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142 | 144 | | vehicle. This expense allowance shall be treated in the same |
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143 | 145 | | manner as all other compensation and expense allowances |
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144 | 146 | | received by the chair of the county commission." |
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145 | 147 | | Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1, |
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