June 1, 2026.]
AMENDED BY ACT 2026-238, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a)(1) After August 1, 2016, the local officials covered by this chapter shall be entitled to receive the same uniform increases in compensation, whether the uniform increases are based on a percentage of compensation or a flat dollar amount, which are granted equally to all county employees by the county commission. The increases shall be in the same amount or percentage, as the case may be, as that amount or percentage increase provided to the county’s employees. (2) Except as otherwise provided herein, officials in Category 2 shall be eligible for the cost-of-living increases beginning on October 1, 2000. If the implementation of this chapter increases the compensation of an incumbent office holder, the increase shall be paid as provided in Section 11-2A-2.
(3) The base compensation of any local official elected or appointed after July 1, 2025, shall be the compensation of the immediately prior officeholder including any uniform increases received by the prior officeholder. Any official shall continue to be entitled to receive uniform increases in compensation as provided in subdivision (1). (b) Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the Legislature, by local law, may increase the compensation for local officials covered under this
chapter. However, if a local law increases the compensation of a local official, the local official shall be entitled to any uniform increases pursuant to the procedure in subsection (a), except as otherwise provided by local law.
History: (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §4; Act 2016-335, §1; Act 2025-324, §1.)