Salary.

A Sheriff of Coffee County elected or appointed on or after September 22, 2015, shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per year. Except as provided in subsection (b), the salary shall constitute the total compensation payable to the sheriff, and shall be in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation provided by law. The sheriff shall be paid from the same funds and in the same manner as presently provided.

(b) The annual salary provided in subsection (a) shall continue to be adjusted thereafter as authorized in Chapter 2A of Title 11.

(c) If there is a break in continuous service as sheriff on or after September 22, 2015, upon reappointment or reelection as sheriff, he or she shall receive the base salary as provided in subsection (a), which may be adjusted as provided in subsection (b).

(Act 88-746, p. 151, §3; Act 2015-552, 2nd Sp. Sess., §3.)