(a)(1) In lieu of any annual salaries now provided by law, certain officials in Cullman County shall be entitled to annual salaries as follows:
(2) The salaries shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund.
(b) The provisions of this section are retroactive to January 1, 1984.
(c) All court reporters serving the Thirty-second Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to an expense allowance in the amount of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) per annum. The allowances shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund.