Legislation is expected to be filed in the Georgia Senate in 2023 to nearly double Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson’s salary — two years after a similar effort stalled in the Georgia House of Representatives.
State Sen. Clint Dixon, R-Buford, is working on the bill, and he said the legislation would raise the chairwoman’s salary to the same base salary paid to Gwinnett’s sheriff — which is $143,455. It will be introduced sometime, likely early, during the 2023 legislative session, which begins in January.
He announced it publicly during the county commission’s annual meeting with state legislators at the Gas South Convention Center on Thursday.
“(That) would bring it in line to other metro county chair salaries,” Dixon said.
A bill was filed in the Georgia House during the 2021 session to raise…
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