Section 45-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 1/20/2025](a) Effective January 20, 2025, the Judge of Probate of Walker County shall receive an annual salary equal to the first step of the state base salary paid to a state district court judge at that time.(b) In addition, the judge of probate shall be entitled to any increases in salary, including step increases and cost-of-living increases, in the same amount and the same manner as a district judge having the same number of years of service that the judge of probate has after that date.(c) The salary provided by this section shall be in lieu of any and all other prior compensation or salary provided by law to the judge of probate.(d) The salary shall be paid in equal periodic installments from the general fund of the county.(e) Any new judge of probate first elected or appointed after January 20, 2025, to his or her first term shall revert to the first step of the state base salary paid to a district court judge and the salary shall be adjusted as provided in subsection (b).Ala. Code § 45-NEW (1975)
Added by Act 2024-425,§ 1, eff. 1/20/2025.