(a) Upon the expiration of the present term of office, the Sheriff of Etowah County shall receive a total salary of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year. The salary herein provided shall constitute total compensation payable to the sheriff, in lieu of all fees, compensation, allowance, percentages, charges, and cost, except as otherwise provided by law. The salary herein provided shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the county treasury.
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b)(1) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the sheriff shall be increased by ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum plus any existing expense allowance which shall be payable in equal monthly installments as salary from the general fund of the county, and at that time any expense allowance previously provided by law shall be repealed.(2) Commencing October 1, following the expiration of the current term of office, and each year thereafter for three years, the salary for the Sheriff of Etowah County shall be increased one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum to be payable from the general fund of the county.
