REFERENCE TITLE: precinct officers; salaries

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

SB 1217

 

Introduced by

Senators McComish: Driggs

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 11-424.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to county officers.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 11-424.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE11-424.01.  Salaries of precinct officers other than justices of the peace; definition

A.  At the regular June meeting of the several boards of supervisors preceding a general election, the boards shall fix the salaries of all precinct officers, other than justices of the peace, for those officers to be elected for the four‑year period commencing on the first day of the following January.

B.  In precincts with an average of one hundred or fewer total documents served per year by a constable over the previous four years, a constable is entitled to receive an annual salary of not more than fifteen sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.

C.  In precincts with an average of more than one hundred total documents served per year by a constable over the previous four years, the constables shall be paid as follows:

1.  In precincts with five thousand or fewer registered voters, the constables shall receive annual salaries of not more than fifteen sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.

2.  In precincts with more than five thousand registered voters but fewer than ten thousand registered voters, annual salaries of not more than twenty-three twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars.

3.  In precincts with ten thousand or more registered voters but fewer than twelve thousand registered voters, annual salaries of not less than twenty-nine thirty-two thousand four five hundred thirty-seven nor more than thirty-six forty thousand one hundred dollars.

4.  In precincts with twelve thousand or more registered voters but fewer than sixteen thousand registered voters, annual salaries of not less than thirty‑six forty thousand one hundred nor more than forty‑five fifty thousand eight hundred twenty‑five dollars.

5.  In precincts with sixteen thousand or more registered voters, annual salaries of not less than forty‑eight fifty-three thousand two hundred ninety‑four nor more than sixty‑one sixty-seven thousand two hundred eight dollars.

D.  The board of supervisors shall determine, subject to subsections B and C of this section, the salary of a constable appointed to fill a vacancy caused otherwise than by expiration of the term.  Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to authorize an increase or decrease in the salary during the term of office of a constable appointed to fill a vacancy.

E.  For the purposes of this section, "registered voter" means a qualified elector of a precinct who is registered on June 1 of each year. END_STATUTE