REFERENCE TITLE: supervisors; large counties; salaries

 

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

HB 2235

 

Introduced by

Representatives Hoffman: Barton, Burges, Chaplik, Fillmore, Parker

 

 

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:

 

Officer                         Annual Salary        Annual Salary

                          Through              Beginning

                                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 76,600

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:

 

Officer                         Annual Salary        Annual Salary

                                Through              Beginning

                                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. END_STATUTE