Section 45-8-11.03 Expense allowances of certain officials; annual salary adjustments.
Section 45-8-11.03
Expense allowances of certain officials; annual salary adjustments.
(a) Commencing with May 23, 2000, each county official listed below shall be entitled to an expense allowance in the following amounts per annum, which shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund:
(1) The Sheriff of Calhoun County, the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500) per annum.
(2) The Coroner of Calhoun County, the sum of eight thousand eight hundred dollars ($8,800) per annum.
(3) The chair of the county commission, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum.
(4) The Assistant Coroner of Calhoun County, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum.
(b) The coroner shall also receive each of the following expense allowances:
(1) Six thousand dollars ($6,000) per annum for vehicle allowance or a vehicle for official use to be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.
(2) Two thousand dollars ($2,000) per annum for educational expenses to be payable form the general fund of the county as incurred.
(3) Two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum for office expenses to be payable from the general fund of the county as incurred.
(4) One thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum for equipment to be payable from the general fund of the county as incurred.
(c) At the beginning of the next term of office, the annual salary for each county official listed below shall be increased by the following amounts per annum, payable in equal biweekly installments from the general fund of the county, and at that time the expense allowances provided for in subsection (a) shall become null and void:
(1) The Sheriff of Calhoun County, the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500).
(2) The Coroner of Calhoun County, the sum of eight thousand eight hundred dollars ($8,800).
(3) The chair of the county commission, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum.
(d) The annual salary of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County shall be increased by an additional sum of three thousand four hundred dollars ($3,400) per annum.
(e) This section shall read in pari materia with Section 40-6A-2. All compensation paid under the provisions of this section to the tax assessor or tax collector, any other official whose compensation is prorated under the provisions of Section 40-6A-2, shall continue to be paid from the same fund and in the same manner as provided under that section.
(Act 2000-660, p. 1321, §§1-4.)