NOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made:
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Pickens County, to further provide for the salary and expense allowance of the judge of probate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Commencing on October 1 following the effective date of this section, if the Judge of Probate of Pickens County is licensed to practice law in this state and is authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction, the judge of probate shall be entitled to and shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount of one thousand seven hundred thirty-three dollars (1,733) per month to be paid from the general fund of the county in the same manner as the salary of the judge of probate is paid. The expense allowance provided by this subsection shall be payable in equal months installments and shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This subsection shall be void on the effective date of subsection (b).
(b) Effective beginning the next term of the office of the Judge of Probate of Pickens County after the effective date of this section, if the judge of probate is licensed to practice law in this state and is authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction, the Judge of Probate of Pickens County shall receive annual compensation equal to 72 percent of the annual starting salary of a circuit judge as set out on the effective date of this section in Section 12-10B-1 (a) (4), Code of Alabama 1975. This salary shall be in lieu of all other compensation provided by law and shall be paid from the general fund of the county in equal installments in the same manner as other county employees. The salary of the judge of probate under this section shall not increase in amount if the base salary of a circuit judge is increased by law, but the judge of probate shall be eligible for any cost of living increases granted to other county officers. When this subsection becomes effective, subsection (a) shall be void.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.