Bill Text: AZ SB1307 | 2023 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Constables; salaries
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-20 - Chapter 196 [SB1307 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2023-SB1307-Chaptered.html
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House Engrossed Senate Bill
constables; salaries |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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CHAPTER 196
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SENATE BILL 1307 |
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An Act
amending section 11-424.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to county officers.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 11-424.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
11-424.01. Salaries of constables; definitions
A. At the regular June meeting of the several boards of supervisors preceding a general election, the boards shall fix the salaries of all precinct officers, other than justices of the peace, for those officers constables to be elected for the four-year period commencing on the first day of the following January.
B. In precincts with an average of one hundred or fewer total documents served per year by a constable over the previous four years, as reported on the constable standardized daily activity logs, a constable is entitled to receive an annual salary of not more than sixteen thousand five hundred dollars $20,000.
C. In precincts with an average of more than one hundred total documents served per year by a constable over the previous four years, as reported on the constable standardized daily activity logs, the constables shall be paid as follows:
1. In precincts with five thousand or fewer registered voters, annual salaries of not more than sixteen thousand five hundred dollars $20,000.
2. In precincts with more than five thousand registered voters but fewer than ten thousand registered voters, annual salaries of not more than twenty-six thousand dollars $30,000.
3. In precincts with ten thousand or more registered voters but fewer than twelve thousand registered voters, annual salaries of not less than twenty-nine thousand four hundred thirty-seven nor more than forty thousand dollars $36,000 or more than $45,000.
4. In precincts with twelve thousand or more registered voters but fewer than sixteen thousand registered voters, annual salaries of not less than thirty-six thousand one hundred nor more than fifty thousand dollars $41,000 or more than $56,000.
5. In precincts with sixteen thousand or more registered voters, annual salaries of not less than forty-eight thousand two hundred ninety-four nor more than sixty-seven thousand dollars $55,000 or more than $75,000.
D. The board of supervisors shall determine, subject to subsections B and C of this section, the salary of a constable appointed to fill a vacancy caused otherwise than by expiration of the term. Nothing in This subsection shall be deemed to does not authorize an increase or decrease in the salary during the term of office of a constable appointed to fill a vacancy.
E. The board of supervisors shall withhold a constable's salary during the time that a constable is suspended from performing the constable's duties without pay pursuant to section 22-137.
F. For the purposes of this section: ,
1. "Registered voter" means a qualified elector of a precinct who is registered on June 1 of each year.
2. "standardized daily activity log" means a log of a constable's work-related ACTIVITIES, including all of the following:
(a) a listing of all processes served.
(b) The number of processes attempted to be served by case number.
(c) The names of the plaintiffs and defendants.
(d) The names and addresses of the persons to be served except as otherwise precluded by law.
(e) The date of process.
(f) The daily mileage.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 20, 2023.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 20, 2023.
