(a) Commencing April 1, 2017, the Revenue Commissioner of Houston County shall receive an annual expense allowance of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) payable in equal monthly installments. This expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation or benefits granted to the revenue commissioner, including, the compensation provided in Section 45-35-241.
(b) Effective beginning the next term of office, the annual salary of the Revenue Commissioner of Houston County shall be ninety-two thousand thirty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents ($92,035.27), which shall be paid in the same manner as the salary of other elected county officials, and the expense allowance provided for in subsection (a) shall be null and void. Excluding reimbursement for allowable expenses, this salary shall be the total compensation paid to the revenue commissioner.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other compensation provided to the revenue commissioner, the revenue commissioner shall continue to receive any cost-of-living or other salary increases granted by the county commission to other elected officials in the county.
All compensation paid under this section to the revenue commissioner shall continue to be prorated and paid from the same funds and in the same manner as provided under Section 40-6A-2.