§ 45-56-83 — Judge of Probate; Compensation

(a) Pursuant to Amendment 459 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Judge of Probate of Randolph County shall be entitled to receive total compensation in accordance with Section 12–13–20. The salary shall be paid in lieu of all other fees, allowances, and percentages heretofore provided by law, and shall be paid in equal in the same manner installments out of the general fund of the county as county employees are paid.
(b)
All fees, commissions, allowances, percentages, and other charges heretofore collected for the use of the judge of probate, hereafter shall be collected and paid into the general fund of the county.
(c)
Upon the recommendation of the judge of probate, the governing body of Randolph County shall provide the probate office with office personnel, clerks, deputies, and quarters, books, stationery, furniture, equipment, and other conveniences and supplies as are necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the office. The judge of probate shall appoint a chief clerk who shall have the same power as the judge of probate, except the power to preside in a contested cause. Compensation of any personnel so provided shall be fixed by the county governing body and shall be paid in equal installments out of the general fund of the county, as other county employees are paid.

Legislative History

(Act 88–606, p. 947, §§ 1–3.)