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HB583
XDQ917Z-1
By Representatives Hall, Reynolds, Rigsby, Lomax, Whitt,
Lands, Whorton (N & P)
RFD: Madison County Legislation
First Read: 17-Apr-25
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6 XDQ917Z-1 03/13/2025 THR (L)THR 2024-2953
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First Read: 17-Apr-25
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Madison County; to amend Section
45-45-230.01, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
compensation of the sheriff.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 45-45-230.01, Code of Alabama 1975,
is amended to read as follows:
"ยง45-45-230.01
(a) Commencing with the next term of office beginning
in January of 1999, the Sheriff of Madison County shall
receive an annual salary of seventy thousand dollars
($70,000)Any newly-elected Sheriff of Madison County shall
receive a base salary of one hundred seventy thousand dollars
($170,000) per year, effective as of the first full pay period
after the start of the newly-elected sheriff's first term in
office, which begins on the first Monday after the second
Tuesday of January next after the sheriff's election pursuant
to Section 36-3-4 .
(b) After serving a first full four-year term in
office, if the sheriff is re-elected to a second successive
term, the sheriff shall receive a 7.5 percent salary increase,
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term, the sheriff shall receive a 7.5 percent salary increase,
effective as of the first full pay period after the start of
the sheriff's second successive term, which begins on the
first Monday after the second Tuesday of January next after
the sheriff's selection pursuant to Section 36-3-4.
(c) After serving a second full four-year term in
office, if the sheriff is re-elected to any successive term,
then the sheriff shall receive an increase in the sheriff's
then-existing salary in the amount of 7.5 percent, effective
as of the first full pay period after the start of each
successive term, which begins on the first Monday after the
second Tuesday of January next after the sheriff's election
pursuant to Section 36-3-4.
(d) If the sheriff is elected to a non-successive term,
the sheriff shall receive a salary of one hundred seventy
thousand dollars ($170,00) per year, effective as of the first
full pay period after the start of the sheriff's
non-successive term which begins on the first Monday after the
second Tuesday of January next after the sheriff's election
pursuant to Section 36-3-4. Thereafter, if the sheriff serves
a full non-successive four-year term and is re-elected to a
successive term, the sheriff shall receive a 7.5 percent
salary increase. Subsequently, the sheriff shall receive an
increase in the sheriff's then-existing salary in the amount
of 7.5 percent for any successive term to which the sheriff is
re-elected, effective as of the first full pay period after
the start of the sheriff's successive term.
(e) During each term in office, the sheriff shall
receive benefits regularly provided to employees of the
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receive benefits regularly provided to employees of the
Madison County Commission, but shall not receive any
cost-of-living compensation increases.
(f) Other than as specified in this section, the
sheriff shall receive no other increases in compensation.
(g) The following shall apply to the individual serving
as sheriff on June 1, 2025:
(1) Beginning June 1, 2025, he or she shall receive an
increase in salary from his or her current compensation of one
hundred fifty-four thousand eighty-six dollars and forty cents
($154,086.40) per year to one hundred seventy thousand dollars
($170,000) per year.
(2) He or she shall also receive a 7.5 percent salary
increase for serving a second successive term in office,
resulting in a salary of one hundred eighty-two thousand seven
hundred fifty dollars ($182,750) per year.
(3) Thereafter, if re-elected to a successive term, he
or she shall receive an increase in his or her then-existing
salary in the amount of 7.5 percent effective as of the first
full pay period after the start of his or her successive term.
(4) The provisions of this subsection shall be void
when the individual serving as sheriff on June 1, 2025, ceases
to serve as sheriff.
(b) The Sheriff of Madison County shall not receive any
monetary compensation of any kind other than reimbursements
for itemized expenses and other than the annual salary set
forth herein. "
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2025.
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