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HB210
269DSIS-2
By Representative Wood (R) (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 06-Feb-25
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Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Calhoun County; to amend Section
45-8-60.01, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
compensation of the coroner; and to repeal Section 45-8-60,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the compensation of the
coroner.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 45-8-60.01, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง45-8-60.01
(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County.
(b)(1)(a)(1) After May 6, 2009May 31, 2025, the coroner
shall continue to receive the salary and expense allowances
the coroner is receiving on May 6, 2009May 31, 2025, subject
to any adjustments as further provided herein.
(2) Commencing June 1, 20092025, the coroner shall
receive an expense allowance in the amount of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum
payable in equal bi-weekly installments as provided in
subsection (d)(c).
(3) At the beginning of the next term of office of the
coronerCommencing January 18, 2027 , the base annual salary for
the coroner shall be increased by five thousand dollars
($5,000) fifty-four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars
($54,750) per annum, and the all other expense allowance
provided for in subdivision (2) allowances or other forms of
compensation shall become void.
(c)(b)Commencing on May 6, 2009, there shall be no
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(c)(b)Commencing on May 6, 2009, there shall be no
more than The coroner may employ up to two compensated
assistant coroners. The compensation of a compensated
assistant coroner shall be in the form of a salary of four
thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800) six thousand one
hundred dollars ($6,100) annually.
(d)(c) Any salary or expense allowances provided
pursuant to this section shall be paid bi-weekly out of the
general fund of the county at the same time as county
employees are paid.
(e)(d) The county commission may, in addition to the
expense allowances already provided by law, may provide
additional funds to pay the necessary expenses to provide for
the operation of the office of the coroner.
(f)(1)a.(e)(1)a. Except as otherwise provided in
paragraph b., commencing on June 1, 2009, the coroner shall
receive the same uniform increases in compensation, including
cost-of-living increases, longevity increases, merit raises,
and bonuses that are granted to county employees by the county
commission at the time of the approval of the county budget.
The increases shall be in the same amount or percentage, as
the case may be, as that amount or percentage increase
provided to the employees of the county.
b. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
contrary, longevity increases for the incumbent coroner shall
be due and payable commencing January 6, 2010.
c. If the implementation of any cost-of-living
adjustment increases the salary of an incumbent coroner, the
increase shall be paid as provided in subdivision (3). The
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increase shall be paid as provided in subdivision (3). The
base compensation for the purpose of implementing this
subsection shall be that compensation established on June 1,
2009, and shall remain that amount unless increased as
provided by general or local law applicable to the coroner.
d. Longevity increases of the coroner shall be based on
the average of longevity increases of all county employees as
shown on county pay scales, as determined by the county
commission. Longevity increases for the coroner shall be based
on the coroner's most recent period of continuous,
uninterrupted service as the coroner. The coroner shall be
entitled to receive longevity increases for up to the same
number of years as a county employee is entitled to receive
increases. Past service as a county employee shall not be
counted in determining the number of years a coroner may
receive longevity increases. Compensation increases provided
for in this section shall be calculated based on the
compensation of the coroner being received at the time the
increases become effective for county employees. The inclusion
of funds in the county budget, at the time of its approval, to
cover the costs for compensation increases, as provided in
this section, shall be considered the granting of an increase
for whatever type of compensation increases funds are included
in the county budget when it is approved.
e. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
contrary, the starting salary of any successor coroner shall
be the salary of his or her predecessor, including all
cost-of-living increases of his or her predecessor in office,
but not including longevity increases, merit raises, or
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but not including longevity increases, merit raises, or
bonuses received by any of his or her predecessors in office.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to
the contrary, the expense allowances provided for in
subsection (b) of Section 45-8-11.03 shall not be increased or
become part of the salary of the coroner.
(3)(2) Unless otherwise authorized by the law,
compensation increases provided for in this section to an
incumbent coroner shall be paid as an expense allowance until
the beginning of the next term of office whereupon the expense
allowance shall be included in the base salary for the
coroner, and the expense allowance shall be void.
(g)(f) The coroner may accept reimbursement from
funeral establishments for the reasonable and necessary cost
to the office of the coroner for removing and transporting the
body of a decedent to a funeral establishment and
reimbursement for the reasonable and necessary cost of
providing copies of reports and other documentation. Before
the tenth of each month all amounts reimbursed to the office
of the coroner during the preceding month shall be disbursed
by the coroner to the county commission and deposited in a
separate account for use by the coroner to pay operating
expenses of the coroner's office, to furnish supplies and
equipment necessary for the performance of the official duties
of the office, and to pay training expenses, including
expenses for travel to obtain training for the coroner,
assistant coroners, and other personnel of the coroner's
office."
Section 2. Section 45-8-60, Code of Alabama 1975,
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Section 2. Section 45-8-60, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to the compensation of the coroner in Calhoun County,
is repealed.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2025.
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2025.
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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 18-Feb-25.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 19-Mar-25 Passed
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