REFERENCE TITLE: county elected officers; salary increase |
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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SB 1511 |
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Introduced by Senator Driggs; Representative Brophy McGee
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AN ACT
amending sections 11‑419 and 12‑281, 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 11-419, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
11-419. 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.
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 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.