(a) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the Coroner of Houston County shall receive an additional monthly expense allowance from the Houston County Commission in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month. Deductions from the expense allowance provided in this section shall be made the same as if the expense allowance were salary as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11.
(b) Effective with the next term of office, the annual salary of the Coroner of Houston County shall be eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) and the expense allowance provided in subsection (a) shall be repealed. The salary provided by this section shall be in lieu of any salary or expense allowance provided by law prior to the commencement of the next term of office.