HB512INTRODUCED Page 0 HB512 MCUQW1H-1 By Representative Brinyark (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 03-Apr-25 1 2 3 4 5 MCUQW1H-1 01/24/2025 THR (L)ma 2025-274 Page 1 First Read: 03-Apr-25 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Fayette County; to amend Section 45-29-230, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the compensation of the sheriff. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 45-29-230, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "ยง45-29-230 (a) The Sheriff of Fayette County shall receive an additional expense allowance of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the sheriff. (b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense allowance paid to the sheriff as provided in subsection (a) shall be null and void. In lieu thereof, the sheriff shall receive a salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per year payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. (a) Until January 18, 2027, the Sheriff of Fayette 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB512 INTRODUCED Page 2 (a) Until January 18, 2027, the Sheriff of Fayette County shall continue to receive the same base annual salary the sheriff is receiving on September 30, 2025. (b) Beginning October 1, 2025, in addition to the base salary authorized in subsection (a), the sheriff shall receive an expense allowance of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. (c) Beginning January 18, 2027, the sheriff's base salary shall be eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per annum and the salary and expense allowance authorized in subsections (a) and (b) are void. " Section 2. This act shall become effective on October 1, 2025. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41