REFERENCE TITLE: county elected officers; salary increase

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

SB 1511

 

Introduced by

Senator Driggs; Representative Brophy McGee

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending sections 11‑419 and 12‑281, 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     Annual     Annual     Annual

                         Salary     Salary     Salary     Salary

                         Beginning  Beginning  Beginning  Beginning

              Annual     January    January    January    January    Annual

              Salary     1,2009     1,2017     1,2018     1,2019     Salary

              Through    Through    Through    Through    Through    Beginning

              December   December   December   December   December   January

  Officer     31, 2008   31, 2016   31, 2017   31, 2018   31, 2019   1, 2020

Attorney      $109,450   $123,678   $126,770   $129,862   $132,954   $136,046

Assessor        67,800     76,600     78,515     80,430     82,345     84,260

Recorder        67,800     76,600     78,515     80,430     82,345     84,260

Sheriff         89,225    100,824    103,345    105,866    108,387    110,908

Superintendent

of schools      67,800     76,600     78,515     80,430     82,345     84,260

Supervisor      67,800     76,600     78,515     80,430     82,345     84,260

Treasurer       67,800     76,600     78,515     80,430     82,345     84,260

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     Annual     Annual     Annual

                         Salary     Salary     Salary     Salary

                         Beginning  Beginning  Beginning  Beginning

              Annual     January    January    January    January    Annual

              Salary     1,2009     1,2017     1,2018     1,2019     Salary

              Through    Through    Through    Through    Through    Beginning

              December   December   December   December   December   January

  Officer     31, 2008   31, 2016   31, 2017   31, 2018   31, 2019   1, 2020

Attorney      $109,450   $123,678   $126,770   $129,862   $132,954   $136,046

Assessor        56,500     63,800     65,395     66,990     68,585     70,180

Recorder        56,500     63,800     65,395     66,990     68,585     70,180

Sheriff         89,225    100,824    103,345    105,866    108,387    110,908

Superintendent

of schools      56,500     63,800     65,395     66,990     68,585     70,180

Supervisor      56,500     63,800     65,395     66,990     68,585     70,180

Treasurer       56,500     63,800     65,395     66,990     68,585     70,180

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, until modified, as follows:

1.  Through December 31, 2018, seventy‑six thousand six hundred dollars until modified.

2.  Beginning January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, seventy‑eight thousand five hundred fifteen dollars.

3.  Beginning January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, eighty thousand four hundred thirty dollars.

4.  Beginning January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, eighty‑two thousand three hundred forty‑five dollars.

5.  Beginning January 1, 2022, eighty‑four thousand two hundred sixty dollars.

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, until modified, as follows:

1.  Through December 31, 2018, sixty‑three thousand eight hundred dollars until modified.

2.  Beginning January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, sixty‑five thousand three hundred ninety‑five dollars.

3.  Beginning January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, sixty‑six thousand nine hundred ninety dollars.

4.  Beginning January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, sixty‑eight thousand five hundred eighty-five dollars.

5.  Beginning January 1, 2022, seventy thousand one hundred eighty dollars.

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