Ala. Code § 45-58-60.01: Compensation; Deputies and Employees.

(a) In addition to any compensation and expense allowances now being paid, the Shelby County Coroner shall receive an expense allowance of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum payable from the county treasury in equal monthly installments. The county coroner, in writing, may waive, forfeit, release, and relinquish in advance any right which the coroner shall have to receive any salary, wages, expenses, or benefits, or portions thereof, which are provided for, allowed, legally mandated, required, or allowed by law; upon the execution by the coroner of a written document relinquishing, waiving, forfeiting, or refusing payment of any salary, wages, benefits, or portion thereof, and upon filing the same with the Shelby County Commission, the Shelby County Coroner shall serve without such compensation, salary, wages, benefits, or portion thereof affected thereby, and the county commission shall not make payments as are designated therein; the Coroner of Shelby County shall have the right to resume receiving wages, salaries, or benefits, or portions thereof upon the filing of a written document with the Shelby County Commission requesting that payments resume effective 30 days after the receipt of notice by the Shelby County Commission.

(b) The Shelby County Commission by resolution may empower and authorize the Coroner of Shelby County to appoint additional deputy coroners and other employees of the coroner’s office at such salary, or compensation approved by the county commission in the resolution, with the salary, compensation, or expenses, or any combination of them, being payable from the county treasury. Any deputy coroner shall have the same qualifications as the coroner and shall serve under the supervision of the coroner and subject to the coroner’s procedures for conducting death investigations and shall otherwise carry out the duties of the office of coroner. Deputy coroners may be dismissed from service by the county commission for violation of procedures or acts of misconduct. Any employees of the coroner’s office or deputy coroners employed by the Shelby County Coroner shall serve at the pleasure of the Shelby County Coroner so long as the Shelby County Commission annually appropriates money to cover the salary, wages, compensation, or expenses therefor out of the county treasury. At any time the Shelby County Commission shall have the right to withdraw the authorization for the employment of additional employees of the coroner or the appointment of all or any of the deputy coroners or both, and refuse to make appropriation for any salary, wages, compensation, or expense therefor.