HB149 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Dexter Grimsley

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Henry Co., revenue commissioner, expense allowance for current term, salary increase next term of office, budget functions and operations of office combined

Summary

HB149 would add a $5,000 annual expense allowance for Henry County’s Revenue Commissioner (to be replaced by a $5,000 salary increase in the next term), merge the budget functions of the tax assessor and tax collector into the revenue office, and fund these changes with ad valorem tax revenues.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes a $5,000 annual expense allowance for the Revenue Commissioner starting after the act’s effective date, in addition to existing pay. In the next term, the commissioner’s annual salary increases by $5,000 and the expense allowance ends, while the commissioner can still receive cost-of-living adjustments. The act also requires merging budgetary operations and functions of the former tax assessor and tax collector into the Revenue Commissioner’s office, with expenses financed on a pro rata basis from ad valorem tax revenues and funds kept for the office subject to county budget approval.

Who It Affects

• Henry County Revenue Commissioner – receives a $5,000 annual expense allowance now, a $5,000 salary increase in the next term, continues to receive any COLA, and will have the office’s budget merged with the tax assessor/collector budget funded pro rata from ad valorem taxes.
• Henry County taxpayers and county government – funding for the changes comes from ad valorem tax revenues and the merged budget must be approved by the county commission, affecting how the revenue office is operated and financed.

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: The Revenue Commissioner shall receive an annual expense allowance of $5,000 starting after the act’s effective date, in addition to other compensation, with the salary increased by $5,000 in the next term and the expense allowance removed at that time; the commissioner may still receive any cost-of-living adjustments granted to other officials.
• Provision 2: All budgetary functions of the revenue office that were previously split between the tax assessor and tax collector shall be merged into the Revenue Commissioner’s office; expenses shall be financed on a pro rata basis from ad valorem tax revenues, funds retained used solely for the office’s operation, and subject to county budget approval.

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Subjects

Henry County