(a) This section shall only apply to Baldwin County.
(b) The compensation paid to the sheriff serving on September 21, 2004, from that date to the end of his or her term, as computed by the county pursuant to Section 45-2-230, and the application of Section 11-2A-4 is hereby ratified and confirmed.
(c) The total compensation paid to the supernumerary sheriff serving on the effective date of Act 2008-487 is hereby ratified and confirmed as the proper compensation and shall continue as the total compensation paid to the supernumerary sheriff.
(d) The compensation paid to the sheriff who took office on January 16, 2007, as computed by the county, is ratified and confirmed as the compensation of the sheriff and shall continue as the compensation of the sheriff until such time as the requirements of Section 11-2A-4(b) have been met.