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HB84
AZ90QQ-1
By Representative Estes (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 06-Feb-24
PFD: 01-Feb-24
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PFD: 01-Feb-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Marion County; to amend Sections 45-47-230
and 45-47-242.21, Code of Alabama 1975, to abolish certain
expense allowances paid to certain county officials; to revise
the salaries of the sheriff, revenue commissioner, and members
of the county commission; and to repeal Section 45-47-70, Code
of Alabama 1975, relating to expense allowances paid to
members of the Marion County Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Sections 45-47-230 and 45-47-242.21, Code of
Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
"§45-47-230
(a) The County Commission of Marion County is
authorized and directed to pay the chief deputy sheriff, each
deputy sheriff, and the sheriff's clerk an additional expense
allowance of one hundred dollars ($100) per month payable from
the general fund of the county. The expense allowance shall be
in addition to all compensation or allowances heretofore
payable to each such officer.
(b) The Sheriff of Marion County shall be entitled to
receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred
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receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred
dollars ($500) per month and each Each deputy sheriff of
Marion County shall be entitled to receive an expense
allowance of fifty dollars ($50) per month to be paid out of
the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in
addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and
expense allowances provided for by law. The expense allowance
shall be paid out of the General Fund of Marion County."
"§45-47-242.21
(a) The judge of probate is relieved of all duties and
responsibilities relating to the assessment and collection of
taxes, commissions, and issuance fees on motor vehicles. The
revenue commissioner shall receive the commissions and fees
currently allocated to the judge of probate for performing
these functions, and those fees and commissions shall be
remitted to the county general fund. Reporting and remitting
the collections of those fees shall be made by the revenue
commissioner or as otherwise required by law.
(b) The Revenue Commissioner of Marion County shall
perform all duties relating to the issuance of motor vehicle
license plates in the county and shall perform all duties
relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes,
commissions, fees, or other charges imposed by law on motor
vehicles, which have heretofore been performed jointly by the
revenue commissioner and the judge of probate.
(c) The Revenue Commissioner of Marion County shall be
compensated an additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) per
year, paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund
of the county, for performing all of the duties relating to
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of the county, for performing all of the duties relating to
the assessments, collections, and issuance of motor vehicle
license plates in Marion County. "
Section 2. (a) Beginning on the effective date of this
act, the Sheriff of Marion County shall receive an additional
expense allowance in an amount that brings his or her total
compensation to eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per year to
be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance
shall be in addition to any and all other compensation,
salary, or expense allowances provided by law.
(b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense
allowance provided in subsection (a) shall be void, and the
Sheriff of Marion County shall receive a total yearly salary
of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), which shall be in lieu
of any other compensation, salary, or expense allowance
provided by law for the sheriff for the performance of his or
her official duties.
Section 3.(a) Beginning on the effective date of this
act, the Revenue Commissioner of Marion County shall receive
an additional expense allowance in an amount that brings his
or her total compensation to seventy-two thousand dollars
($72,000) per year to be paid out of the county general fund.
The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all
other compensation, salary, or expense allowances provided by
law.
(b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense
allowance provided in subsection (a) shall be void, and the
Revenue Commissioner of Marion County shall receive a total
yearly salary of seventy-two thousand dollars ($72,000), which
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yearly salary of seventy-two thousand dollars ($72,000), which
shall be in lieu of any other compensation, salary, or expense
allowance provided by law for the revenue commissioner for the
performance of his or her official duties. The compensation
provided by Section 11-2A-3, Code of Alabama 1975, shall be
considered to be included in the total yearly salary.
Section 4.(a) Beginning on the effective date of this
act, each member of the Marion County Commission shall receive
an additional expense allowance in an amount that brings the
total compensation of each member to sixty thousand dollars
($60,000) per year to be paid out of the county general fund.
The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all
other compensation, salary, or expense allowances provided by
law.
(b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense
allowance provided in subsection (a) shall be void, and each
member of the Marion County Commission shall receive a total
yearly salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), which shall
be in lieu of any other compensation, salary, or expense
allowance provided by law for the members for the performance
of their official duties.
Section 5. Section 45-47-70, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to expense allowances paid to members of the Marion
County Commission, is repealed.
Section 6. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2024.
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