11-419

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. Each of the officers named in subsections A and B, other than the board of
supervisors and the county attorney, may appoint a chief deputy who shall receive an
annual salary agreed upon 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 upon by the board of
supervisors and the officer appointing the chief deputy.

E. In any county included under subsection B, 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 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, 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.