Alabama § 45-35-70 Compensation of Commission Chair, and District Commissioners

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-35-70 — Compensation of Commission Chair, and District Commissioners

Alabama § 45-35-70

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 45Local Laws

Ch. 35Houston County

Art. 7County Commission

Part 1Compensation

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Ala. Code § 45-35-70 (2026).

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(a)Beginning on June 1, 2007, the compensation of the Chair of the Houston County Commission shall be adjusted so that the monthly compensation paid to the holder of the office shall be 85 percent of the monthly compensation which was being paid to the Houston County Judge of Probate on April 1, 2007. The increase in compensation in this subdivision shall be paid as a monthly expense allowance until the beginning of the next term of office or as otherwise provided by law, at which time the amount of the expense allowance shall be included in the base salary for the office holder and the expense allowance shall be void. Deductions from the expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be made in the same manner as if the expense allowance were salary as provided in Chapter 2A, Title

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(a) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the compensation of the Chair of the Houston County Commission shall be adjusted so that the monthly compensation paid to the holder of the office shall be 85 percent of the monthly compensation which was being paid to the Houston County Judge of Probate on April 1, 2007. The increase in compensation in this subdivision shall be paid as a monthly expense allowance until the beginning of the next term of office or as otherwise provided by law, at which time the amount of the expense allowance shall be included in the base salary for the office holder and the expense allowance shall be void. Deductions from the expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be made in the same manner as if the expense allowance were salary as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11.
(b)(1) The compensation being paid to the district commissioners of the Houston County Commission commencing on December 1, 2004, including any additional increases thereafter provided as a result of the application of Chapter 2A, Title 11, is ratified and confirmed and shall continue to be the amounts paid to all members of the Houston County Commission elected by district after May 31, 2007. The compensation of the district commissioners shall thereafter only be altered as provided in subdivision (2) or as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11.
(2) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the district commissioners in Houston County shall each receive a monthly expense allowance in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month in lieu of mileage reimbursement for performing duties within Houston County.
(3) Beginning on December 1, 2018, the Chair of the Houston County Commission shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month for performing duties within the county. The expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be in lieu of mileage reimbursement or the chair being provided the use of a county vehicle. This expense allowance shall be treated in the same manner as all other compensation and expense allowances received by the chair of the county commission.