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County chair reviews recent state laws affecting county pay rules and underground utility liability
Summary
Chair Lamar Daugherty summarized two recently enacted state laws — Act 2026-238 (county office compensation rules, effective June 1) and Act 2026-255 (technical updates to underground damage prevention program and extended liability protections, effective Jan. 1) — and credited ACCA coordination in the legislative process.
Chair Lamar Daugherty provided the commission's legislative report summarizing recent action by the Alabama legislature relevant to county operations.
Daugherty reported that Gov. Kay Ivey signed Act 2026-238, which the packet says will clarify compensation rules for county elected offices and take effect June 1, and Act 2026-255, which the packet says updates the Underground Damage Prevention Program and extends certain liability protections for counties effective Jan. 1. The report credited work through the Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA).
The minutes record the legislative update as informational; no motions or county policy changes were recorded at the meeting.
