Alabama Code 45-7-81. Expense allowance
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-7-81
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
There shall be paid to the Circuit Court Reporter of the Second Judicial Circuit, by the counties composing the circuit, an additional annual expense allowance of four thousand dollars ($4,000). Such allowance shall be in addition to any compensation now payable to the court reporter and shall be paid monthly from the general funds of the counties composing the judicial circuit on a pro rata basis calculated upon the assessed value of taxable property in the counties of the circuit for the previous fiscal year, as shown by the records in the tax assessors’ offices, in such manner that each county shall pay such proportion of the expense allowance as the assessed value of the property in the county bears to the total assessed value of the property within the judicial circuit.