(a) In Chambers County, in lieu of any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the board of registrars an increase in salary in such amount as will together with any amount paid by the state, as salary, compensation, or expense allowance, make the total paid to such members equal fifty dollars ($50) per day. If the amount paid to such members as compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in the future, then the amount paid by the county under this subsection shall automatically decrease. The amount paid under the provisions of this subsection shall be paid out of the county general fund in the same manner as other county officials are paid.
(b) Any actions taken by the Chambers County Commission in the appropriation and expenditure of county funds and the payment of additional compensation to the members of the Chambers County Board of Registrars in the amount of two thousand three hundred eight dollars ($2,308) for additional work performed related to purging the voting rolls prior to the elections in the year 2002 are hereby ratified and confirmed and the payments to the members of the board of registrars as compensation for the work performed is also ratified and confirmed. This subsection is remedial and curative and shall be effective retroactively to December 4, 2000.
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