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Relating to methods of determining compensation for elected county officers
Sponsored by the House Local Government Committee
Topics:State governmentCities & counties
Same legislation: HF 75
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 22, 202362–33
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 28, 2023
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 26, 202349–0
- Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary County boards of supervisors can now choose whether to create a special compensation board to recommend pay for elected county officers or handle the pay decisions themselves. If a special board is used, they must show their work to the supervisors to explain how they decided on the pay amounts. The supervisors are also given more flexibility to change these pay rates, though they cannot lower pay unless a position changes to part-time.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to methods of determining compensation for elected county officers. Under current law, each county has a county compensation board that prepares a recommended compensation schedule for elected county officers that the county board of supervisors then reviews. Current law provides procedures and limitations that both the county compensation board and board of supervisors must adhere to in determining the final compensation schedule. The bill allows a board of supervisors to vote to establish a county compensation board. The county compensation board shall be composed as provided under current law. The board of supervisors may also vote to dissolve a county compensation board. The board of supervisors shall carry out the duties as the county compensation board if the board of supervisors has not established or has dissolved a county compensation board. The bill requires the county compensation board to provide documentation to the board of supervisors demonstrating how the county compensation board determined the recommended compensation schedule. The bill strikes provisions that prohibit the board of supervisors from exceeding the compensation schedule recommended by the county compensation board or from reducing the amount of the recommended compensation schedule unless the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county officer is reduced by an equal percentage. The bill prohibits the board of supervisors from setting compensation lower than the compensation set forth in the current compensation schedule, but provides that the proposed compensation for a position may be reduced when the position is reduced to part-time. Further, the bill strikes a provision that authorizes the board of supervisors to adopt a decrease in compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of the compensation board’s recommended compensation schedule or other approved changes in compensation paid to other elected county officers. The bill makes conforming changes.
Changed since by amendments S-3114, H-1026, H-1024; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 1, 2023. On March 15, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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Lobbying
3 for · 5 against · 15 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2430 Relating to methods of determining compensation for elected county officers89th General Assembly · Passed House · very similarPassed a chamber
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