Assembly Bill No. 23–Assemblyman Perkins

 

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AN ACT relating to public officers; increasing the compensation of certain elected county officers; authorizing a board of county commissioners to set the annual salary for a county commissioner of that county within certain limitations; authorizing a county to request and receive a waiver from the increases in compensation of certain elected county officers in the event of insufficient financial resources; providing that a waiver may not be applied for in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. NRS 245.043 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    245.043  1.  As used in this section:

    (a) “County” includes Carson City.

    (b) “County commissioner” includes the Mayor and supervisors

of Carson City.

    2.  Except as otherwise provided by any special law, the elected

officers of the counties of this state are entitled to receive annual

salaries in the base amounts specified in the following table. The

annual salaries are in full payment for all services required by law to

be performed by such officers. Except as otherwise provided by law,

all fees and commissions collected by such officers in the

performance of their duties must be paid into the county treasury

each month without deduction of any nature.

ANNUAL SALARIES

 

                       [County]  District            County  CountyCountyCounty   Public

Class               County [Commissioner]AttorneySheriff    ClerkAssessorRecorderTreasurer    Administrator

 

  1      Clark      [$54,000$100,800$84,000$72,000$72,000$72,000$72,000$72,000]

                                     $155,745$134,263$91,138$91,138$91,138$91,138$91,138

  2      Washoe   [39,60096,000   78,000   66,000  66,000  66,000   66,000  66,000]

                                      137,485110,632  83,543  83,543  83,543   83,543   83,543

  3      Carson City[18,00072,36060,000   51,360  51,360  --------   51,360  --------]

                                       98,707   81,846   65,012  65,012  --------   65,012   --------

          Churchill[18,00072,360   60,000   51,360  51,360  51,360   --------   --------]

                                       98,707   81,846   65,012  65,012  65,012   --------   --------

          Douglas   [18,00072,360   60,000   51,360  51,360  51,360   --------   --------]

                                       98,707   81,846   65,012  65,012  65,012   --------   --------

          Elko         [18,00072,360   60,000   51,360  51,360  51,360   51,360  --------]

                                       98,707   81,846   65,012  65,012  65,012   65,012   --------

          Humboldt             98,707   81,846   65,012  65,012  65,012   65,012   --------

          Lyon       [18,00072,360   60,000   51,360  51,360  51,360   --------   --------]

                                       98,707   81,846   65,012  65,012  65,012   --------   --------

          Nye         [18,00072,360   60,000   51,360  51,360  51,360   51,360  --------]

                                       98,707   81,846   65,012  65,012  65,012   65,012   --------

  [4     Humboldt18,000  68,340   54,000   42,840  42,840  42,840   42,840  --------]

  4      Lander     [18,00068,340   54,000   42,840  42,840  42,840   42,840  --------]

                                       93,223   73,662   54,227  54,227  54,227   54,227   --------

          White Pine[18,00068,340  54,000   42,840  42,840  42,840   42,840  --------]

                                       93,223   73,662   54,227  54,227  54,227   54,227   --------

  5      Eureka     [15,24060,300   43,200   38,400  38,400  38,400   --------   --------]

                                       82,256   58,929   48,607  48,607  48,607   --------   --------

          Lincoln    [15,24060,300   43,200   38,400  38,400  38,400   38,400  --------]

                                       82,256   58,929   48,607  48,607  48,607   48,607   --------

          Mineral   [15,24060,300   43,200   38,400  38,400  38,400   --------   --------]

                                       82,256   58,929   48,607  48,607  48,607   --------   --------

          Pershing  [15,24060,300   43,200   38,400  38,400  38,400   --------   --------]

                                       82,256   58,929   48,607  48,607  48,607   --------   --------

          Storey                   82,256   58,929   48,607  48,607  48,607   --------   --------

  6      Esmeralda[12,00047,880   38,400   33,600  33,600  33,600   --------   --------]

                                       65,314   52,382   42,531  42,531  42,531   --------   --------

          [Storey     15,240  47,880   43,200   38,400  38,400  38,400   --------   --------]

 

    3.  A board of county commissioners may, by a vote of at least

a majority of all the members of the board, set the annual salary

for the county commissioners of that county, but in no event may

the annual salary exceed an amount which equals 126.65 percent

of the amount of the annual salary for the county commissioners

of that county that was in effect by operation of statute on

January 1, 2003.

    Sec. 2.  Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of this act,

each county shall commence payment of the increased annual

salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table of

annual salaries contained in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as

amended by section 1 of this act, on July 1, 2003.

    Sec. 3.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a

board of county commissioners may apply to the Committee on

Local Government Finance for a waiver from the requirement to

increase the annual salaries of elected officers of the county to the

annual salaries set forth in the table contained in subsection 2 of

NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 of this act, if the board

determines that the financial resources of the county are insufficient

to pay those increased annual salaries in Fiscal Year 2003-2004. The

Committee on Local Government Finance shall grant such a waiver

if it finds that the financial resources of the county are insufficient to

pay those increased annual salaries in Fiscal Year 2003-2004.

    2.  A board of county commissioners that has been granted a

waiver for a fiscal year may apply to the Committee on Local

Government Finance for an additional waiver for the next

consecutive fiscal year if it finds that the financial resources of the

county continue to be insufficient to pay the increased annual

salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table

contained in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1

of this act. There is no limitation on the number of waivers for

consecutive fiscal years that the board of county commissioners may

be granted if the board of county commissioners finds that the

financial resources of the county continue to be insufficient to pay

the increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the county set

forth in the table contained in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as

amended by section 1 of this act, in that fiscal year.

    3.  After commencing payment of the increased annual salaries

of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table contained

in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 of this act,

a board of county commissioners may not apply for a waiver in any

subsequent fiscal year.

    4.  The increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the

county set forth in the table contained in subsection 2 of NRS

245.043, as amended by section 1 of this act, must not be paid

retroactively for a period to which a waiver granted pursuant to

subsection 1 is applicable.

    Sec. 4.  The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not

apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are

related to the provisions of this act.

    Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective upon July 1, 2003.

 

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