SB339 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Sam GivhanSenator
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Madison County, compensation of the sheriff further provided for
Summary: SB339 updates Madison County sheriff compensation by setting a $170,000 base for new terms, applying 7.5% increases after each term, and resetting for non-successive terms, with a June 1, 2025 effective date and specific provisions for the current sheriff.
What This Bill Does
Amends the sheriff salary schedule to establish a $170,000 annual base for newly elected sheriffs, effective with the first full pay period after the start of the sheriff's term. Provides a 7.5% salary increase after the first full pay period of a second successive term and a 7.5% increase for each further successive term. If a sheriff is elected to a non-successive term, the salary resets to $170,000 for that term, with 7.5% increases applying after subsequent terms; benefits remain, but no cost-of-living adjustments are allowed.

Who It Affects
The Sheriff of Madison County (current and future): salary schedule changes, including base pay, term-by-term increases, and resets for non-successive terms; eligible for standard county employee benefits but no COLA.
County budget and taxpayers: potential impact on county salaries and benefits expenditures due to the new compensation schedule.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 45-45-230.01 to set the base salary for newly elected Madison County sheriffs at $170,000 per year, effective as of the first full pay period after the start of the new term.
After serving a first full four-year term and if re-elected to a second successive term, the sheriff shall receive a 7.5% salary increase, effective as of the first full pay period after the start of the second term.
After serving a second full four-year term and if re-elected to any subsequent term, the sheriff shall receive a 7.5% salary increase for each successive term, effective as of the first full pay period after the start of each term.
If elected to a non-successive term, the sheriff shall receive a salary of $170,000 per year for that term, effective as of the first full pay period after the start of the non-successive term; thereafter, a full non-successive four-year term followed by re-election to a successive term triggers a 7.5% increase, with subsequent increases applying to each successive term.
During each term, the sheriff shall receive benefits regularly provided to Madison County Commission employees, but shall not receive any cost-of-living compensation increases.
Apart from the specified salary and benefits, the sheriff shall receive no other increases in compensation.

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Subjects: Madison County