(a) The probate judge, tax assessor, and tax collector of Cherokee County shall each receive an additional annual expense allowance in the amount of two thousand nine hundred dollars ($2,900) to be paid out of the county treasury in equal monthly installments at the end of each month upon warrants drawn in the same manner as employees of Cherokee County are paid. The expense allowance shall expire at the termination of the current term of office of such officers.
(b) Beginning with the next term of office, the probate judge, tax assessor, and tax collector shall receive a total annual salary of fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000) to be paid out of the county treasury in equal monthly installments at the end of each month upon warrants drawn in the same manner as employees of Cherokee County are paid.