Bill Text: AZ HB2497 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: County attorney; county sheriff; salaries
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-27 - Senate APPROP Committee action: Failed To Pass, voting: (2-6-2-0) [HB2497 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-HB2497-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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HOUSE BILL 2497 |
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AN ACT
amending section 11-419, 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 Salary Annual Salary
Through Beginning
Officer December 31, 2008 January 1, 2009
Attorney $109,450 $123,678
Assessor 67,800 76,600
Recorder 67,800 76,600
Sheriff 89,225 100,824
Superintendent of schools 67,800 76,600
Supervisor 67,800 76,600
Treasurer 67,800 76,600
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 Salary Annual Salary
Through Beginning
Officer December 31, 2008 January 1, 2009
Attorney $109,450 $123,678
Assessor 56,500 63,800
Recorder 56,500 63,800
Sheriff 89,225 100,824
Superintendent of schools 56,500 63,800
Supervisor 56,500 63,800
Treasurer 56,500 63,800
C. In any county included under subsection A of this section, the board of supervisors may adjust the annual salary of the county attorney or the annual salary of the county sheriff, or both, above the applicable salary prescribed in subsection A of this section, except that the board of supervisors may not:
1. Adjust the annual salary of the county attorney or the annual salary of the county sheriff below the applicable salary prescribed in subsection A of this section.
2. Increase the annual salary of the county attorney or annual salary of the county sheriff by more than ten percent above the incumbent chief deputy county attorney's salary or the incumbent chief deputy county sheriff's salary, respectively. If the county sheriff has not appointed a chief deputy, the board of supervisors may not increase the annual salary of the county sheriff by more than ten percent above the annual salary of the highest paid person in the county sheriff's office.
3. Reduce the annual salary of the county attorney or the annual salary of the county sheriff during the incumbent county attorney's or the incumbent county sheriff's term of office.
C. D. 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. E. 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. F. 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. G. 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. Effective date
Section 11-419, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, is effective from and after December 31, 2018.
