Public Acts of 2017 Chapter 13

SECTION 1. Lawrence County is authorized to establish and create the position of a part-time clerk of the Lawrence County Grand Jury, to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the foreman of the Grand Jury. The clerk shall handle all of the administrative duties of such Grand Jury, unless otherwise provided by general law.

SECTION 2. The clerk shall be compensated at the same hourly rate as a Chief Deputy of the office of Circuit Court Clerk but not greater than two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month.

SECTION 3. The duties of such clerk shall be established by the foreman and further, the clerk of said Grand Jury shall in no event participate in any of the Lawrence County Grand Jury Deliberations.

SECTION 4. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of Lawrence County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of Lawrence County and certified to the secretary of state.

SECTION 5. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective as provided in Section 4.

Passed:  May 5, 2017.