House Bill 370 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul W. Lee Representative

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Counties and municipalities; compensation of local officials, revised

Description

Under existing law, a county must pay certain minimum annual compensation to each county commissioner, judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and elected assistant tax assessor or tax collector.

This bill would provide that each of those local officials shall receive the annual compensation the official is receiving on May 31, 2026.

Under existing law, the base compensation of any local official elected or appointed after July 1, 2025, shall be the compensation of the immediately prior officeholder.

This bill would provide that the base compensation of any local official initially elected or appointed after July 1, 2025, shall be the compensation of the immediately prior officeholder, excluding any compensation attributable to the previous officeholder's longevity or that was awarded based on merit.

Under existing law, a local official whose compensation is increased by local law is entitled to uniform increases granted equally to all county employees.

HB370 INTRODUCED This bill would provide that a local official whose compensation is tied, pursuant to a local law, to a state official shall not be entitled to any local uniform increases.

This bill would terminate any local uniform increases granted to a local official by a local law enacted prior to the 2026 Regular Session whose compensation is tied to a state official when the individual, serving in that office on May 31, 2026, vacates that office.

This bill would prohibit any local law that grants local uniform increases to a local official whose compensation is tied to a state official.

This bill would also provide retroactive effect.

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Subjects

Counties & Municipalities