22-117. Payment of compensation and
expenses


A. Justices of the peace shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, as a county
charge, office rent, stationery, telephone and lights.


B. In a county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand
persons, the state shall pay forty per cent of the compensation and employee related
expenditures of a justice of the peace, and the county shall pay sixty per cent of the
compensation and employee related expenditures of a justice of the peace, except that the
county shall pay the full amount of the employer contribution of the state retirement
system or plan or any county health plan.


C. If a county is subject to subsection B of this section, the state treasurer
shall remit the compensation and employee related expenditures payable by the state to
the county treasurer, and the county shall disburse the funds to the justice of the
peace.


D. In a county with a population of one million five hundred thousand persons or
more, the county shall pay one hundred per cent of the compensation and employee related
expenditures of a justice of the peace.


E. If a county is subject to subsection D of this section, the following apply:


1. Beginning in fiscal year 2007-2008, the county's contribution to the
hospitalization and medical care of the indigent sick and for the administrative costs of
implementing sections 36-2901.01 and 36-2901.04 shall be reduced pursuant to section
11-292, subsection R, in an amount that is equal to the difference between the total
costs that the county paid pursuant to subsection D of this section and the amount that
the county would have paid if the county were subject to subsection B of this section.


2. Pursuant to section 41-563, subsection D and beginning in fiscal year 2007-2008,
the economic estimates commission shall increase the county's base expenditure limit in
an amount that is equal to the difference between the total costs that the county paid
pursuant subsection D of this section and the amount that the county would have paid if
the county were subject to subsection B of this section.