REFERENCE TITLE: county officers; pay scale

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

HB 2240

 

Introduced by

Representative Harper

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 11‑419, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to county officers.

 

 

(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

                              Through                 Beginning

Officer                       December 31, 2008       January 1, 2009

Attorney                          $109,450               $123,678

Assessor                            67,800                 76,600

Recorder                            67,800                 76,600

Sheriff                             89,225                100,824

Superintendent of schools           67,800                 76,600

Supervisor                          67,800                 76,600

Treasurer                           67,800                 76,600

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

                              Through                 Beginning

Officer                       December 31, 2008       January 1, 2009

Attorney                          $109,450               $123,678

Assessor                            56,500                 63,800

Recorder                            56,500                 63,800

Sheriff                             89,225                100,824

Superintendent of schools           56,500                 63,800

Supervisor                          56,500                 63,800

Treasurer                           56,500                 63,800

C.  B.  Each of the officers named in subsections subsection 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.  c.  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.  D.  In any a county included under subsection B with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, 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.  E.  In case of a vacancy in office of any elected county officer included in subsections A and B named in subsection A 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.  Effective date

This act is effective from and after December 31, 2012.