08 HB
1491/AP
House
Bill 1491 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Lewis of the
15th,
Loudermilk of the
14th,
and Graves of the
12th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act placing the coroner of Bartow County upon an annual salary,
approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. Laws 1960, p. 2731), as amended, particularly by an
Act approved April 6, 1981 (Ga. Laws 1981, p. 3952), so as to change the
compensation of the coroner; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act placing the coroner of Bartow County upon an annual salary, approved March
17, 1960 (Ga. Laws 1960, p. 2731), as amended, particularly by an Act approved
April 6, 1981 (Ga. Laws 1981, p. 3952), is hereby amended by revising Section 1
to read as follows:
"SECTION
1.
(a)
(1) The compensation of the coroner of Bartow County, which is now $3,600.00
per annum, is hereby abolished and the salary of the coroner of Bartow County
shall be $15,000.00 per annum to be paid in equal monthly installments from
county funds.
(2)
The coroner shall also receive an annual cost-of-living increase as follows: on
the first day of January of each year, beginning in 2010, the base salary of the
coroner shall be increased by 4 percent. For the purposes of this section only,
the 'base salary' of the coroner shall be computed at $15,000.00 on January 1,
2009, and thereafter on each year beginning on January 1, 2010, shall be
computed at $15,000.00 plus any cost-of-living increases which have been
received by the person serving as coroner.
(3)
In addition to the compensation provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), the
governing authority of Bartow County, in its reasonable discretion, may
reimburse to the coroner all or any part of his expenses incurred with respect
to his official duties.
(4)
All fees, commissions, costs, and other perquisites collected by the coroner
shall be the property of Bartow County and once each month shall be turned over
to the fiscal authority of said county with a detailed, itemized statement
showing the sources from which such fees, commissions, costs, and other
perquisites were collected.
(b)
The coroner is authorized to appoint a deputy coroner to serve at the discretion
of the coroner. The compensation and expenses of the deputy coroner, if any,
shall be determined within the reasonable discretion of the governing authority
of Bartow County and shall be paid out of county funds. The deputy coroner
shall meet the same qualifications required of the coroner."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on January 1, 2009, and until such date the coroner
shall continue to be compensated as provided by prior law.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby
repealed.