Bill Text: AZ SB1214 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced


Bill Title: County officials; salaries

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Senate read second time [SB1214 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2018-SB1214-Introduced.html

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: county officials; salaries

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

SB 1214

 

Introduced by

Senator Kavanagh

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending sections 11-419 and 12-281, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to county officials.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 11-419, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE11-419.  County salaries

A.  In counties having 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          Annual Salary      Annual salary

Through                Beginning          beginning

Officer           December 31, 2008      January 1,         January 1, 2021

                                         2009 through                   

                                         December 31, 2020              

Attorney               $109,450               $123,678          $142,971

Assessor                 67,800                 76,600            88,549

Recorder                 67,800                 76,600            88,549

Sheriff                  89,225                100,824          116,552

Superintendent

  of schools             67,800                 76,600             88,549

Supervisor               67,800                 76,600             88,549

Treasurer                67,800                 76,600             88,549

B.  In counties having 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          Annual Salary      Annual salary

Through                Beginning          beginning

Officer           December 31, 2008      January 1,         January 1, 2021

                                         2009 through

                                         December 31, 2020

Attorney               $109,450             $123,678            $142,971

Assessor                 56,500               63,800              73,752

Recorder                 56,500               63,800              73,752

Sheriff                  89,225              100,824            116,552

Superintendent

  of schools             56,500               63,800              73,752

Supervisor               56,500               63,800              73,752

Treasurer                56,500               63,800              73,752

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. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Section 12-281, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE12-281.  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 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 a population of five hundred thousand or more persons, as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is seventy‑six thousand six hundred ninety-three thousand four hundred fifty-two dollars until modified.

C.  In counties having a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is sixty‑three thousand eight hundred seventy-seven thousand eight hundred thirty-six dollars 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. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.  Effective date

Section 12-281, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, is effective from and after December 31, 2018.

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