REFERENCE TITLE: public employees; compensation; cap

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

HB 2273

Introduced by Representatives Thorpe: Barton, Clodfelter, John, Nutt, Payne

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 38, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 38-619; relating to public employee compensation.

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 38, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 38-619, to read:

START_STATUTE38-619.  Public employees; compensation; cap; definitions

A.  Beginning on January 1, 2020, the annual salary, benefits package and other non-salary compensation with a monetary value for each public employee or direct contract labor employee may not exceed the following, whichever is less:

1.  Two times the annual salary, benefits package and other non‑salary compensation with a monetary value of the governor.

2.  Eight times the average annual salary, benefits package and other non-salary compensation with a monetary value of a member of the legislature.

B.  For the purposes of this section:

1.  "Benefits package" includes health and accident insurance and retirement benefits.

2.  "Public employee" means an employee of this state, a county, a city, a town or any other political subdivision of the state. END_STATUTE