SB193 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jack W. WilliamsSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Mobile Co., sheriff, salary and expense allowance.

Summary

SB193 changes Mobile County Sheriff compensation by keeping the current salary for the rest of the current term, adding a $39,000 annual expense allowance to be paid from the county fund, later converting that amount into a salary increase beginning with the 2027 term, and allowing cost-of-living adjustments, while repealing an existing section on the old expense allowance.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, the sheriff keeps the current salary for the remainder of the current term. It also adds a $39,000 annual expense allowance, paid from the county's general fund, which counts toward retirement. At the end of the current term, the expense allowance is repealed and the salary is increased by $39,000 per year starting with the next term (January 2027). The bill allows cost-of-living and other uniform increases based on total compensation, paid as an expense allowance during a term and converted to salary in the next term, and it repeals Section 45-49-230. It becomes effective on the first day of the first month after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects

• Mobile County Sheriff — will keep current salary for the rest of the current term, receive a $39,000 annual expense allowance (paid from the county fund and counted for retirement), and later see a $39,000 salary increase starting with the 2027 term; would also receive cost-of-living adjustments.
• Mobile County taxpayers and county government — will fund the $39,000 annual expense allowance from the general fund and experience changes in how sheriff compensation is structured, including the repeal of the old expense-allowance provision and the eventual salary increase; retirement calculations for the sheriff will treat the expense allowance as salary.

Key Provisions

• Section 2(a): The Sheriff shall continue to receive the current annual salary for the remainder of the term that began in January 2023.
• Section 2(b): The Sheriff shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance of $39,000 per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund, in addition to other compensation, and it shall be treated the same as salary for retirement purposes.
• Section 2(c): At the end of the sheriff's term beginning January 2023, the $39,000 expense allowance (Section 2(b)) shall be repealed, and the annual salary shall be increased by $39,000 per year beginning with the next term (January 2027).
• Section 2(d): The Sheriff may receive cost-of-living or other uniform increases in the same manner as county employees, based on total compensation (salary plus any expense allowances); during a term such increases are paid as expense allowances, and starting with the next term, cumulative increases are converted to salary; expense allowances remain treated as salary for retirement.
• Section 3: Repeals Section 45-49-230 of the Alabama Code 1975.
• Section 4: The act becomes effective on the first day of the first month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Mobile County