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SB193
KSD4U5A-1
By Senator Williams (N & P)
RFD: Mobile County Legislation
First Read: 05-Mar-24
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5 KSD4U5A-1 02/01/2024 FC (L)ma 2023-3525
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First Read: 05-Mar-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Mobile County; to provide for the salary
and expense allowance of the sheriff; and to repeal Section
45-49-230, Code of Alabama 1975.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act shall apply only in Mobile County.
Section 2. (a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall
continue to receive the annual salary the sheriff is receiving
on the effective date of this act for the remainder of the
current term of office which commenced in January 2023.
(b) In addition to the salary provided in subsection
(a), the sheriff shall be entitled to an additional expense
allowance of thirty-nine thousand dollars ($39,000) per year,
payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of
the county. This expense allowance shall be in addition to all
other compensation or benefits provided to the sheriff and
shall be treated the same as salary for retirement purposes.
(c) Effective at the end of the term of office of the
sheriff commencing in January 2023, the expense allowance
provided in subsection (b) shall be repealed, and the annual
salary of the sheriff shall be increased by thirty-nine
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salary of the sheriff shall be increased by thirty-nine
thousand dollars ($39,000) per year effective beginning the
next term of office of the sheriff commencing in January 2027.
(d) In addition to any other compensation provided to
the sheriff, the sheriff shall be entitled to cost-of-living
increases or other uniform increases in compensation in the
same manner and amount provided to county employees. The
amount of any cost-of-living increase or other uniform
increase shall be based on the total compensation of the
sheriff, including any salary and expense allowances provided
to the sheriff. During any term of office of the sheriff, any
cost-of-living increase or other uniform increase shall be
paid as an expense allowance to the sheriff, and effective
beginning the next term of office of the sheriff, any
cumulative uniform increases during a term shall be converted
to salary. Any expense allowance provided to the sheriff shall
be treated the same as salary for retirement purposes.
Section 3. Section 45-49-230 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is repealed.
Section 4. This act shall become effective on the first
day of the first month following its passage and approval by
the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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