Alabama Code Title 45. Local Laws § 45-39-190

(a) In Lauderdale County, the county commission is hereby authorized and empowered to make appropriations for the creation of a legislative office to assist the Lauderdale County Legislative Delegation in the performance of its duties.

(b) The office provided for by this section may be operated on a full-time or part-time basis, as the Lauderdale County delegation to the Legislature may deem feasible and appropriate.

(c) The Lauderdale County Commission is authorized and empowered to make all reasonable expenditures necessary to carry out this section. These expenditures are to be derived from monies collected from the distribution of the payments made in lieu of ad valorem taxes by the Tennessee Valley Authority as authorized by Section 40-28-2. The distribution formula as outlined in Section 45-39-246 shall not be altered after the operational expenses of this office are expended.

(d) The operation of this section shall be retroactive to April 1, 1983, and all actions taken and payments made pursuant thereto, on and after that date, are ratified and confirmed.