HB87INTRODUCED Page 0 HB87 GEVHC22-1 By Representative McCampbell (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 04-Feb-25 PFD: 24-Jan-25 1 2 3 4 5 6 GEVHC22-1 10/03/2024 PMG (L)PMG 2024-2682 Page 1 PFD: 24-Jan-25 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Marengo County; to amend Section 45-46-60 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the expense allowance and to further provide for the mileage allowance of the coroner; to authorize the county commission to provide for the coroner to appoint a deputy coroner and to provide an expense allowance and mileage allowance for the deputy coroner; and to authorize the county commission to increase the expense allowance and mileage allowance of the coroner and the deputy coroner. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 45-46-60, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "ยง45-46-60 (a)(1)Retroactive to January 1, 1992 Effective June 1, 2025, the Coroner of Marengo County , Alabama, shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to the mileage allowance of twenty-two cents ($.22) 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 HB87 INTRODUCED Page 2 addition to the mileage allowance of twenty-two cents ($.22) per mile, and in lieu of any expense allowances heretofore provided by law for the coroner. (2) The Marengo County Commission, by resolution of the commission, may authorize the coroner to employ a deputy coroner to serve at the pleasure of the coroner. The deputy coroner shall receive an expense allowance to be set by the county commission, payable monthly from the county general fund. (b) The Effective June 1, 2025, the Marengo County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to may set the mileage allowance for the county coroner at twenty-two cents ($.22) per mile and the deputy corner . Such The mileage allowance shall be paid from the county general fund and shall be in lieu of any mileage allowances heretofore provided by law for such coroner. (c) Effective October 1, 2026, and at the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, the county commission may increase the expense allowance and mileage allowance paid to the coroner and the deputy coroner. (d) The expense allowances and mileage allowances provided by this section shall be in lieu of any expense allowances or mileage allowances provided by general law. The coroner and the deputy coroner by accepting the expense allowances and mileage allowances shall waive any expense allowances and mileage allowances provided by general law. " Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1, 2025. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55