Bill Text: AZ HB2079 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: County officials; salaries
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - House GOV Committee action: Do Pass Amended, voting: (8-2-1-0-0-0) [HB2079 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-HB2079-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: county officials; salaries |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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HB 2079 |
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Introduced by Representative Kavanagh
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AN ACT
amending sections 11-419 and 12-281, arizona revised statutes; relating to county salaries.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 11-419, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
11-419. County salaries
A. In counties having with a population of five hundred thousand or more persons, as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the following annual salaries shall be paid to county officers:
Annual Salary
Beginning
Annual Salary January 1, 2009 Annual Salary
Through Through Beginning
Officer December 31, 2008 December 31, 2020 January 1, 2021
Attorney $109,450 $123,678 $159,061
Assessor 67,800 76,600 93,452
Recorder 67,800 76,600 93,452
Sheriff 89,225 100,824 129,668
Superintendent
of schools 67,800 76,600 93,452
Supervisor 67,800 76,600 93,452
Treasurer 67,800 76,600 93,452
B. In counties having with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the following annual salaries shall be paid to county officers:
Annual Salary
Beginning
Annual Salary January 1, 2009 Annual Salary
Through Through Beginning
Officer December 31, 2008 December 31, 2020 January 1, 2021
Attorney $109,450 $123,678 $159,061
Assessor 56,500 63,800 77,836
Recorder 56,500 63,800 77,836
Sheriff 89,225 100,824 129,668
Superintendent
of schools 56,500 63,800 77,836
Supervisor 56,500 63,800 77,836
Treasurer 56,500 63,800 77,836
C. Each of the officers named in subsections A and B of this section, other than the board of supervisors and the county attorney, may appoint a chief deputy who shall receive an annual salary agreed upon on by the board of supervisors and the officer appointing the deputy.
D. The county attorney shall devote full time to the county attorney's official duties and shall not engage in the private practice of law. The county attorney shall appoint a chief deputy who shall receive an annual salary agreed upon on by the board of supervisors and the officer appointing the chief deputy.
E. In any county included under subsection B of this section, a chief deputy county attorney shall not be appointed unless authorized by the board of supervisors who may authorize or prohibit the chief deputy from engaging in the private practice of law. The annual salary of the chief deputy shall be in an amount agreed upon on by the county attorney and the board of supervisors.
F. In case of a vacancy in office of any elected county officer included in subsections A and B of this section, the salary of the person appointed to fill such vacancy shall be the same for the balance of the unexpired term as that being paid the previous officeholder.
Sec. 2. Section 12-281, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
12-281. Oath; bond; salary; prohibition
A. The clerk of the superior court shall take the oath of office and give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars $5,000 conditioned upon on the faithful performance of the duties of that office and the payment of all monies to the person entitled to receive them. The bond is subject to approval by the presiding superior court judge.
B. In counties having with a population of five hundred thousand or more persons: , as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census,
1. Through December 31, 2022, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is seventy‑six thousand six hundred dollars until modified $76,600.
2. Beginning January 1, 2023, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is $93,452 until modified.
C. In counties having with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons: , as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census,
1. Through December 31, 2022, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is sixty‑three thousand eight hundred dollars until modified $63,800.
2. Beginning January 1, 2023, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is $77,836 until modified.
D. The annual salary of the clerk of the superior court shall be reviewed by the commission on salaries for elective state officers pursuant to section 41‑1903.
E. The clerk of the superior court and the clerk's deputies are prohibited from practicing law or forming a partnership with an attorney‑at‑law. This subsection does not prohibit the clerk or the clerk's employees from providing to the public, including litigants, information regarding documents routinely filed with the clerk.
