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Relating to the composition and procedures of county compensation boards
Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee
Topics:Cities & counties
Same legislation: SF 170
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 2, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 28, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 This bill changes how county compensation boards are made up and how they decide on pay for elected county officers. Instead of seven members chosen in a specific way, the board would include two supervisors, two local residents, and three rotating county officials. The board must hold at least one public hearing and cannot suggest a salary lower than what the officer earned before the last election. Once the board makes its final recommendation, the county board of supervisors must adopt it without making any changes.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the composition and procedures of county compensation boards. Under current law, a county compensation board is composed of seven members who serve four-year, staggered terms. Two of the members are appointed by the county board of supervisors and one member is appointed by each of the county auditor, the county attorney, the county recorder, the county treasurer, and the county sheriff. The county compensation board reviews the compensation paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal government. A county compensation board submits a recommended compensation schedule to the board of supervisors, who may approve a higher salary increase or reduce the amount of the recommended salary increase by an equal amount for each elected county officer. Under the bill, a county compensation board is composed of two members of the board of supervisors who serve two-year, staggered terms and rotate with the other members of the board of supervisors; two members who are residents of the county who serve two-year terms and are appointed by the members of the board of supervisors who are serving on the county compensation board at the time of the appointment; and three members determined by a rotation of the county attorney, county auditor, county recorder, county sheriff, and county treasurer as provided in the bill. The bill requires the county compensation board to meet at least twice before submitting a final recommended compensation schedule to the board of supervisors. One meeting must be a public hearing. The county compensation board shall review the compensation paid to three comparable officers in other counties of this state, three comparable officers in other states, and three comparable officers in private enterprise. The county compensation board cannot recommend a salary for any elected county officer that is lower than the salary of the person holding the office in the year immediately preceding the most recent election. The bill requires the board of supervisors to review and adopt the recommended compensation schedule without alteration.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 11, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
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