Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB53 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 04/30/2024

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HB53
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By Representative Kiel (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 06-Feb-24
PFD: 12-Jan-24
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PFD: 12-Jan-24
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Franklin County; to provide for the annual
expense allowance and salary and other benefits for the
coroner; and to further authorize the Franklin County
Commission to appropriate and expend funds for the operation
of the office of the coroner.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) The Coroner of Franklin County shall
receive an expense allowance in the amount of nine thousand
seven hundred dollars ($9,700) per annum, which shall be in
addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or
salary provided by law. The expense allowance shall be paid in
equal monthly installments from the general fund of the
county.
(b) Effective beginning the next term of office, the
expense allowance provided for in subsection (a) shall be
void, and the Coroner of Franklin County shall receive an
annual salary of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to be paid in
equal monthly installments from the general fund of the
county. The salary in this subsection shall be the total
compensation paid to the coroner, subject to the adjustments
provided in subsection (c).
(c) In addition to the salary provided in subsection
(b), the salary of the coroner shall be increased by any
uniform increases in compensation granted equally to all
county employees by the Franklin County Commission. In
addition, the coroner may participate in the county health
insurance plan and any retirement plan provided to county
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insurance plan and any retirement plan provided to county
employees under the same terms as county employees.
(d) The Franklin County Commission may appropriate and
expend county funds for the coroner's salary, benefits, and
expenses necessary for the operation of the office of the
coroner. The commission may provide the coroner with expenses
for the operation of a motor vehicle or may furnish the
coroner with the use of a county vehicle.
(e) The Franklin County Commission may authorize the
coroner to appoint one or more deputy coroners to perform the
duties of the coroner in the absence of the coroner and
provide for the compensation of any deputy coroner appointed.
Section 2. Act 1185, 1969 Regular Session (Acts 1969,
p. 2213), as amended by Act 90-461, 1990 Regular Session (Acts
1990, p. 653); Act 491, 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p.
1205); and Act 446, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 636)
are repealed. 
Section 3. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2024.
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2024.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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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 21-Feb-24.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate           30-Apr-24           	Passed
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