Assembly Bill No. 23–Assemblyman Perkins

 

Prefiled January 29, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Increases compensation of district attorneys and sheriffs. (BDR 20‑163)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                          Effect on the State: No.

 

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§§ 1, 3)

(Requested by Affected Local Government)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to public officers; increasing the compensation of district attorneys and sheriffs; providing for such increase in compensation to be paid retroactively; authorizing a county to request and receive a waiver from the increases in compensation in the event of insufficient financial resources; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

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

1-2  245.043  1.  As used in this section:

1-3  (a) “County” includes Carson City.

1-4  (b) “County commissioner” includes the Mayor and supervisors

1-5  of Carson City.

1-6  2.  Except as otherwise provided by any special law, the elected

1-7  officers of the counties of this state are entitled to receive annual

1-8  salaries in the base amounts specified in the following table. The

1-9  annual salaries are in full payment for all services required by law to

1-10  be performed by such officers. Except as otherwise provided by law,

1-11  all fees and commissions collected by such officers in the

1-12  performance of their duties must be paid into the county treasury

1-13  each month without deduction of any nature.

2-1  ANNUAL SALARIES

 

2-2                     County    District            County  CountyCountyCounty   Public

2-3  Class          CountyCommissioner   AttorneySheriff    ClerkAssessorRecorderTreasurer    Administrator

 

2-4       1                Clark  $54,000[$100,800][$84,000]       $72,000$72,000$72,000       $72,000      $72,000

2-5                                                $155,744$134,262

2-6       2              Washoe39,600[96,000][78,000]66,000  66,000   66,000   66,00066,000

2-7                                                 137,484110,632

2-8       3          Carson City18,000[72,360][60,000]51,36051,360   --------   51,360--------

2-9                                                  98,707   81,846

2-10                    Churchill18,000[72,360][60,000]51,360  51,360   51,360   --------  --------

2-11                                                 98,707   81,846

2-12                     Douglas18,000[72,360][60,000]51,360  51,360   51,360   --------  --------

2-13                                                 98,707   81,846

2-14                        Elko    18,000[72,360][60,000]51,360  51,360   51,360   51,360--------

2-15                                                 98,707   81,846

2-16                   Humboldt18,000  98,707   81,846  42,840  42,840   42,840   42,840--------

2-17                       Lyon   18,000[72,360][60,000]51,360  51,360   51,360   --------  --------

2-18                                                 98,707   81,846

2-19                        Nye    18,000[72,360][60,000]51,360  51,360   51,360   51,360--------

2-20                                                 98,707   81,846

2-21      [4           Humboldt18,000  68,340   54,000  42,840  42,840   42,840   42,840--------]

2-22      4               Lander  18,000[68,340][54,000]42,840  42,840   42,840   42,840--------

2-23                                                 93,223   73,662

2-24                   White Pine18,000[68,340][54,000]42,840  42,840   42,840   42,840--------

2-25                                                 93,223   73,662

2-26      5               Eureka  15,240[60,300][43,200]38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------

2-27                                                 82,256   58,929

2-28                      Lincoln15,240[60,300][43,200]38,400  38,400   38,400   38,400--------

2-29                                                 82,256   58,929

2-30                     Mineral15,240[60,300][43,200]38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------

2-31                                                 82,256   58,929

2-32                     Pershing15,240[60,300][43,200]38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------

2-33                                                 82,256   58,929

2-34                       Storey  15,240   82,256   58,929  38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------

2-35      6            Esmeralda12,000[47,880][38,400]33,600  33,600   33,600   --------  --------

2-36                                                 65,314   52,382

2-37                      [Storey15,240   47,880   43,200  38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------]

 

2-38      Sec. 2. A board of county commissioners may apply to the

2-39  Committee on Local Government Finance for a waiver from the

2-40  increases in annual salaries of the elected officers of the county set

2-41  forth in the table of annual salaries contained in NRS 245.043, as

2-42  amended by this act, if the board determines that the financial

3-1  resources of the county are insufficient to pay those increases in the

3-2  next fiscal year. The Committee on Local Government Finance shall

3-3  grant such a waiver if it finds that the financial resources of the

3-4  county are insufficient to pay those increases in the next fiscal year.

3-5  Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 2 of this act,

3-6  the increases in annual salaries of the elected officers of a county set

3-7  forth in the table of annual salaries contained in NRS 245.043, as

3-8  amended by this act, must be paid retroactively to January 6, 2003.

3-9  Sec.4. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not

3-10  apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are

3-11  related to the provisions of this act.

3-12      Sec.5. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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