HB350

ENROLLED, An Act,

Relating to Houston County; to further provide for the salary of the judge of probate; and to amend Section 45-35-70, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the salary of the sheriff.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Section 1. (a) Beginning on the effective date of this act, the Judge of Probate of Houston County shall receive an annual salary of one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000). Notwithstanding Chapter 2A, Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, the judge of probate shall be eligible for any cost of living increase afforded to all county employees.

(b) In order to receive the compensation provided under subsection (a), the judge of probate shall waive any compensation provided under Section 17-3-60, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to reports from the state voter registration list.Section 2. Section 45-35-70, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§45-35-70.

"(a)(1) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the compensation of the Chair of the Houston County Commission and the Sheriff of Houston County shall be adjusted so that the monthly compensation paid to the holders of the offices shall be 85 percent of the monthly compensation which was being paid to the Houston County Judge of Probate on April 1, 2007. The increase in compensation in this subdivision shall be paid as a monthly expense allowance until the beginning of the next term of office or as otherwise provided by law, at which time the amount of the expense allowance shall be included in the base salary for the office holders and the expense allowance shall be void. Deductions from the expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be made in the same manner as if the expense allowance were salary as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11.

"(2) Beginning on the effective date of this act, the annual salary of the Sheriff of Houston County shall be 89 percent of the salary of the Judge of Probate of Houston County on the effective date of this act. The annual salary shall only be adjusted thereafter as authorized in Chapter 2A, Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975.

Any increase in compensation in this subdivision shall be paid as a monthly expense allowance until the beginning of the next term of office, or as otherwise provided by law, at which time the amount shall be included in the base salary for the office holder and the expense allowance shall be void.

"(2)(3) After May 31, 2007, any adjustments in the expense allowance or compensation of the Chair of the Houston County Commission or Sheriff of Houston County other than as provided in subdivision (1), shall only be as authorized in Chapter 2A, Title 11.

"(b)(1) The compensation being paid to the district commissioners of the Houston County Commission commencing on December 1, 2004, including any additional increases thereafter provided as a result of the application of Chapter 2A, Title 11, is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall continue to be the amounts paid to all members of the Houston County Commission elected by district after May 31, 2007. The compensation of the district commissioners shall thereafter only be altered as provided in subdivision (2) or as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11.

"(2) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the district commissioners in Houston County shall each receive a monthly expense allowance in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month in lieu of mileage reimbursement for performing duties within Houston County."

Section 3. All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this act are repealed.

Section 4. This act shall become effective on the first day of the first month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Houston County

Counties

Compensation

Sheriffs

Judge, Probate

County Commissions

Code Amended