REFERENCE TITLE: county salaries; approval

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

 

HB 2668

 

Introduced by

Representative Griffin

 

 

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, the following annual salaries shall be paid to county officers:

                             Annual Salary           Annual Salary

                       Through                 Beginning

Officer                      December 31, 2024       January 1, 2025

Attorney                        $123,678                $143,678

Assessor                        76,600                96,600

Recorder                          76,600                96,600

Sheriff                          100,824                 120,824

Superintendent

 of schools                   76,600                96,600

Supervisor                        76,600                96,600

Treasurer                         76,600                96,600

B. In counties having a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, the following annual salaries shall be paid to county officers:

                             Annual Salary           Annual Salary

                             Through                 Beginning

Officer                      December 31, 2024       January 1, 2025

Attorney                        $123,678                $143,678

Assessor                        63,800                83,800

Recorder                          63,800                83,800

Sheriff                          100,824                 120,824

Superintendent

 of schools                   63,800                  83,800

Supervisor                        63,800                83,800

Treasurer                         63,800                83,800

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 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 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 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.

g. notwithstanding any other law, the county board of supervisors in each county shall approve an increase in any of the salaries prescribed in subsections a and b of this section. If there is an increase in the salaries prescribed in subsections a and b of this section, the board may approve a lesser amount than that increase. The amount approved may not be less than the officer's current salary. END_STATUTE