The bill pertains to Blount County and sets forth provisions regarding the annual salary of the members of the county commission, excluding the chair. It establishes that, effective from the term of office commencing after the November 2024 election, each commission member will receive an annual salary equivalent to 80 percent of the chair's salary. This salary will be the total compensation for the members and will replace any other salary or expense allowance previously provided by law. The bill also allows commission members to continue receiving retirement and health insurance benefits and provides for cost-of-living or other uniform increases granted to county employees to be added to the commission members' salary starting from the fiscal year commencing on October 1, 2025. These increases will initially be paid as an expense allowance and then converted to salary in subsequent terms, with the caveat that total compensation shall not exceed 80 percent of the chair's salary.

The bill repeals Section 45-5-70 of the Code of Alabama 1975, which provided an expense allowance for commission members, and supersedes any other acts that provided compensation in the form of an annual salary or expense allowance prior to the end of the current term of any commission member. Additionally, it expressly repeals several acts related to the compensation and travel allowance of the chair and commission members. The act is set to become effective on June 1, 2024, with Section 2, which pertains to the repeal of Section 45-5-70, becoming effective on November 15, 2024. The bill was passed by the Senate on April 30, 2024.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 45-5-70, 45-5-73
Enrolled: 45-5-70, 45-5-73