CHAPTER 2. SALARIES

IC 33-41-2
    Chapter 2. Salaries

IC 33-41-2-1
Census defined
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "census" means the last precedingUnited States federal decennial census.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-2
County salary defined
    Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "county salary" means that part ofa court reporter's salary that is paid by the county.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-3
Judicial circuit defined
    Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "judicial circuit" means anycounty comprising a single judicial circuit or any combination of one(1) or more counties comprising a single judicial circuit.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-4
Official court reporter defined
    Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "official court reporter" means anycourt reporter who is appointed as the official court reporter by thejudge of any circuit, superior, or probate court in Indiana.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-5
Salary defined
    Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "salary" means the amount of thestate salary and the amount of the county salary added together.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-6
State salary defined
    Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "state salary" means that part of acourt reporter's salary that is paid by the state.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-7
Appropriation for county salaries
    Sec. 7. County councils shall appropriate annually a sufficientamount to pay the county salaries authorized by this chapter.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-8
Multiple county judicial circuit
    Sec. 8. If a judicial circuit is composed of more than one (1)

county, all the counties comprising the circuit, for purposes of thischapter, are considered as one (1) county. Each county in a circuitshall pay part of the county salary in the same proportion as itsindividual classification factor bears to the classification factor of thejudicial circuit.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-9
Counties graded on basis of population and gross assessedvaluation; percentage ratio
    Sec. 9. For the purpose of this chapter:
        (1) counties are graded on the basis of population and grossassessed valuation; and
        (2) each county is set up on the percentage ratio it bears to thestate with the whole state being considered as one hundredpercent (100%).
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-10
Classes of counties based on unit factor system; factors
    Sec. 10. (a) The nine (9) classes of counties as set out in thischapter are based on a unit factor system. The factors are determinedby the relation of the county to the state as established and certifiedto each county auditor by the state board of accounts not later thanJuly 1 of each year. The factors are as follows:
        (1) Population.
        (2) Gross assessed valuation, as shown by the last precedinggross assessed valuation, as certified by the various counties tothe auditor of state in the calendar year in which the calculationis made.
    (b) The factors for each of the nine (9) classes set out in thischapter shall be obtained as follows:
        (1) The population of each county shall be divided by thepopulation of the entire state.
        (2) The gross assessed valuation of each county shall be dividedby the gross assessed valuation of the entire state.
        (3) The results obtained in subdivisions (1) and (2) shall beadded together and the sum obtained for each county shall bedivided by two (2).
        (4) The result obtained under subdivision (3), multiplied by onehundred (100), determines the classification of each countyaccording to the following schedule:

CLASSIFICATION FACTORS

        HIGH    LOW    CLASS
    No Limit        8.00    1
    All under    8.00    2.25    2
    All under    2.25    1.25    3
    All under    1.25    .85    4
    All under    .85    .70    5
    All under    .70    .60    6    All under    .60    .50    7
    All under    .50    .35    8
    All under    .35    No limit    9
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-11
Court reporter annual salary; additional increments to minimumsalary
    Sec. 11. The annual salary of each court reporter shall be fixed asprovided in this chapter according to the county or counties in whichthe court reporter holds office. A county or counties may addadditional increments to the minimum annual salary according to theusual budget procedures. The salaries shall be paid in equal monthlyinstallments.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-12
Classes of salary for court reporters
    Sec. 12. The annual salary of each court reporter shall be:
        Class 1        $7,000
        Class 2        $6,800
        Class 3        $6,500
        Class 4        $6,000
        Class 5        $5,500
        Class 6        $5,200
        Class 7        $5,000
        Class 8        $4,800
        Class 9        $4,500
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-13
Population change affecting classification of judicial circuit
    Sec. 13. If the classification of any judicial circuit is changed byreason of change in population as determined by the census, thesalaries of the court reporters of the judicial circuit is governed asprovided by this chapter for judicial circuits of the population classinto which it is placed. However, a judicial circuit may not bereduced in classification for determining the salary of any courtreporter unless the minimum population of any class on July 1, 1965,was reduced more than five percent (5%) by the last precedingUnited States federal decennial census.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-2-14
Construction of chapter
    Sec. 14. This chapter may not be considered to repeal or amendIC 33-41-1-1.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.