11-419. 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.