HB16 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve McMillan
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2016
Title: County officers, Omnibus Pay Act, compensation increases, requirement that increases be granted at the time of the budget deleted, Sec. 11-2A-4 am'd.
Summary: HB16 changes Alabama law to let local elected county officers receive the same uniform pay increases as county employees, not limited to increases at budget time.
What This Bill Does
The bill removes the rule that increases for local elected county officers must be granted only when the county budget is adopted. Instead, these officers would receive the same uniform increases as county employees, in the same amount or percentage, granted by the county commission to all county employees. Some offices are exempt from this: tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and elected assistant tax assessor or collector cannot receive an expense allowance or an increase in the same fiscal year. If a local law later raises compensation, those officials would not receive cost-of-living adjustments until their total pay catches up to the increased amount, and the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage.

Who It Affects
Local elected county officers covered by 11-2A-4 would be eligible for the same uniform increases as county employees, in the same amounts/percentages.
Tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and elected assistant tax assessor or elected assistant tax collector would be restricted from receiving an expense allowance or any increase in the same fiscal year.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 11-2A-4 to base increases for local officials on the same uniform increases granted to all county employees by the county commission, not limited to budget adoption.
Increases must be in the same amount or percentage as those given to county employees and include cost-of-living adjustments, longevity increases, merit raises, and bonuses.
Adds an exception that the specified offices (tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and elected assistants) cannot receive an expense allowance or an increase in the same fiscal year.
If local law increases compensation, the official would not receive COLA adjustments until total pay reaches the increase; the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage.

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Subjects: Counties