Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Section 45-8-11.02 - Annual salaries and expense allowances - Sheriff and license commissioner

Section 45-8-11.02 - Annual salaries and expense allowances - Sheriff and license commissioner.

(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County.

(b) Upon the expiration of the present terms of office held by the sheriff and the license commissioner, such officials shall receive the following annual salaries, payable in equal installments per pay period from the general fund of the county:

Sheriff$52,500
License Commissioner50,000

The salaries herein provided, when they become effective, shall be the total compensation payable to the officials in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation provided by law.

(c) The salaries herein provided, when they become effective, shall be subject to retirement withholding, and shall be the total compensation payable to the officials in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation provided by law.

(d)(1) The Sheriff and License Commissioner of Calhoun County shall receive in addition to any other compensation, fees, and expense allowances provided by a law or laws in effect June 1, 1991, an expense allowance for the fiscal year of Calhoun County beginning October 1, 1991, in equal installments per pay period as follows:

Sheriff$7,500
License Commissioner11,250

(2) The Sheriff and License Commissioner of Calhoun County shall receive in addition to any other compensation, fees, and expense allowances provided by a law or laws in effect June 1, 1991, an expense allowance for the fiscal year of Calhoun County beginning October 1, 1992, and each year thereafter in equal installments per pay period until terminated as otherwise herein provided, as follows:

Sheriff$15,000
License Commissioner15,000

The expense allowances herein provided shall be payable in equal installments per pay period from the county treasury and shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of the current term of office of the incumbent officers provided for in this section notwithstanding that the termination may occur before the end of the fiscal year of Calhoun County.

(e)(1) Anything in this section and any other act or provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, this section shall not cause or require the combined or total amount of salary, expense allowance, or other compensation for the following officials and the Sheriff of Calhoun County to exceed the amounts shown in the following table for the fiscal years of Calhoun County shown and in each year thereafter unless this section is expressly repealed:

October 1, 1991October 1, 1992
Sheriff$45,000$52,500
License Commissioner46,25050,000

(2) Should any act or statute provide for an additional salary supplement, expense allowance, or other addition to compensation which would increase the combined or total amount of salary, expense allowance, or other compensation above the amounts provided in subdivision (1), the amounts of salary, salary supplement, and expense allowances provided for in this section shall be reduced by the amount the act or statute increases the combined or total amount of salary, expense allowance, or other compensation above the amounts shown in subdivision (1).

(Act 91-520, p. 921, §§1-4, 6.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021