--- title: HB 748. Carroll County; change compensation of coroner collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb748 cite_as: HB 748, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb748 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb748.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb748/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71273 date: 2025-05-13 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb747.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb749.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 885 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb748.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 748 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2025-05-13 last_action: Effective Date 2025-07-01 sponsors: - Tyler Smith - Lynn Smith - David Huddleston - Jutt Howard text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB748/2025 upstream_id: 1996819 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Carroll County - coroner salary - local government pay - county officials --- # HB 748. Carroll County; change compensation of coroner ## Text 25 LC 44 3126/AP House Bill 748 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Smith of the 18th, Smith of the 70th, Huddleston of the 72nd, and Howard of the 71st A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act placing the coroner of Carroll County on an ann ual salary, approved1 April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2924), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4,2 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3716), so as to change the compensation of the coroner; to provide for3 related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal confli cting laws; and for other4 purposes.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 SECTION 1.7 An Act placing the coroner of Carroll County on an annual salary, approved April 17, 19738 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2924), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L.9 1997, p. 3716), is amended by revising Section 2 as follows:10 "SECTION 2.11 The coroner of Carroll County shall receive an annual base sala ry of $43,620.00, payable12 monthly from county funds. The coroner shall also receive an e xpense allowance of13 $3,100.00 per year, payable monthly from county funds under such conditions as the county14 H. B. 748 - 1 - 25 LC 44 3126/AP governing authority may provide. The amounts set forth in this section shall be subject to15 annual adjustments as provided for under O.C.G.A. Section 36-5-28."16 SECTION 2.17 This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.18 SECTION 3.19 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.20 H. B. 748 - 2 - ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. House Bill 748 would raise the annual salary and expense allowance for the coroner of Carroll County, effective July 1, 2025. ### Plain-language summary Carroll County's coroner is currently paid under a local salary law dating back to 1973, last updated in 1997. This bill rewrites that law to set the coroner's annual base salary at $43,620.00, paid monthly from county funds, plus a yearly expense allowance of $3,100.00, also paid monthly from county funds under conditions the county governing authority sets. The bill also states that these amounts will be subject to future annual cost-of-living style adjustments under a state law that governs pay changes for county officials (O.C.G.A. § 36-5-28). The change would take effect July 1, 2025, and any older laws that conflict with it are repealed. ### What it does - Sets the Carroll County coroner's annual base salary at $43,620.00, paid monthly from county funds. - Adds a yearly expense allowance of $3,100.00 for the coroner, paid monthly from county funds under rules set by the county governing authority. - Ties future pay changes to automatic annual adjustments under O.C.G.A. § 36-5-28. - Repeals any earlier laws that conflict with the new salary and allowance amounts. - Sets the effective date of the new compensation as July 1, 2025. ### Who it affects This bill directly affects the coroner of Carroll County, whose pay and expense allowance it sets, as well as the Carroll County governing authority, which administers the payments and sets conditions for the expense allowance. ### Why it matters The bill changes how much Carroll County pays its coroner, an elected official responsible for investigating deaths in the county. Setting a specific salary and expense allowance, with built-in annual adjustments, affects the county budget and how the position is compensated going forward. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises Section 2 of the 1973 Carroll County coroner salary law to set a new annual base salary of $43,620.00, paid monthly from county funds. - Section 1 also sets a $3,100.00 annual expense allowance, paid monthly, with conditions determined by the county governing authority. - Section 1 provides that these amounts will be adjusted annually under O.C.G.A. § 36-5-28, a state law governing periodic pay adjustments for certain county officers. - Section 2 sets the effective date of the changes as July 1, 2025. - Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-13) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-07-01 (2025-05-13) - Sponsors: Tyler Smith, Lynn Smith, David Huddleston, Jutt Howard - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71273 > The history, votes, and amendments (885 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb748.md?full=1