Alabama § 45-8-70.01 - Automobile or Travel Expense Allowance.
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§ 45-8-70.01. Automobile or Travel Expense Allowance.
(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County.
(b) Each Commissioner of the Calhoun County Commission and the county commissioner of licenses shall have the option of electing, as hereinafter provided in subsection (c), to have an automobile furnished by Calhoun County, for use in carrying out his or her official duties as a commissioner, and payment for or reimbursement for fuel and oil for and repairs of the automobile, or in lieu of the automobile and expenses therefor, to have a travel expense allowance of four hundred dollars ($400) per month.
(c)(1) Each incumbent Calhoun County Commissioner shall inform the Administrator/Treasurer of the Calhoun County Commission in writing within 30 days of this section becoming effective, and the incumbent county commissioner of licenses by August 31, 2013, whether he or she elects to be furnished an automobile and expenses therefor, or a travel expense allowance as provided in subsection (b), during his or her remaining term in office as a commissioner.
(2) Each incumbent Calhoun County Commissioner, each newly elected Calhoun County Commissioner, and the county commissioner of licenses shall, within 60 days after his or her election to a new term in office or a term in office, inform the Administrator/Treasurer of the Calhoun County Commission in writing whether he or she elects to be furnished an automobile and expenses therefor, or a travel expense allowance as provided in subsection (b), during his or her next or upcoming term in office as a commissioner.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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