§ 45-9-60 — Compensation

Alabama § 45-9-60

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 45: Local Laws
• Ch. 9: Chambers County
• Art. 6: Coroner

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(a) Pursuant to Amendment No. 103 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the coroner serving Chambers County shall receive a monthly salary of seven hundred dollars ($700) effective September 1, 2003.
(b) The salary provided for in this section shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county treasury and shall be paid in lieu of any other salary heretofore provided by law for the coroner.
(c) The Chambers County Coroner may appoint additional deputy coroners and other employees of the coroner’s office as needed. The coroner shall provide all salaries and expenses of additional deputy coroners and other employees of the coroner’s office. Any deputy coroner shall have the same qualifications as the coroner and shall serve under the supervision of the coroner and subject to the coroner’s procedures for conducting death investigations and shall otherwise carry out the duties of the office of coroner at the direction of the coroner. The deputy coroner may be dismissed from service by the coroner for violations of the procedures or acts of misconduct. Any deputy coroner or employee of the coroner’s office employed by the Chambers County Coroner shall serve at the pleasure of the Chamber County Coroner.
(d) The Chambers County Coroner shall be entitled to receive additional travel expenses in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month for the months of October 2000 to April 2002, inclusive. The provisions of this subsection are remedial and curative and shall be retroactive to October 1, 2000.

Legislative History

(Act 2003-200, p. 521, §§1-4.)