(a) A Sheriff of Coffee County elected or appointed on or after March 8, 2021, shall receive an annual salary of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) per year. Except as provided in subsection (b), the salary shall constitute the total compensation payable to the sheriff, and shall be in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation provided by law. The sheriff shall be paid from the same funds and in the same manner as presently provided.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-16-230

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The annual salary provided in subsection (a) shall continue to be adjusted thereafter as authorized in Chapter 2A of Title 11.
(c) If there is a break in continuous service as sheriff on or after March 8, 2021, upon reappointment or reelection as sheriff, he or she shall receive the base salary as provided in subsection (a), which may be adjusted as provided in subsection (b).
(d) The annual salary of the incumbent Sheriff of Coffee County holding office on May 17, 2021, shall be increased by ten thousand dollars ($10,000) beginning with the next term of such office following this date.
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