PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2288
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 11-424.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
11-424.01. Salaries of precinct officers other than justices of the peace; definition
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 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, a constable is entitled to receive an annual salary of not more than sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
C. In precincts with an average of more than one hundred total documents served per year by a constable over the previous four years, the constables shall be paid as follows:
1. In precincts with five thousand or fewer registered voters, the constables shall receive annual salaries of not more than sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
E. F. For the purposes of this section, "registered voter" means a qualified elector of a precinct who is registered on June 1 of each year."
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