Each member of the Hale County Commission shall receive an expense allowance in the amount necessary to bring the total annual compensation, including salary and expense allowances, to the amount of fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600). This expense allowance shall be payable out of the General Fund of Hale County. Beginning with the next term of office, in lieu of current salary and expense allowances, the compensation of each member of the Hale County Commission shall be as provided by state law.