Assembly Bill No. 23–Assemblyman Perkins

 

Prefiled January 29, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Increases compensation of certain elected county officers. (BDR 20‑163)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                          Effect on the State: No.

 

 

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE §§ 1, 2, 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 certain elected county officers; providing that a board of county commissioners may vote to raise the annual salary for a county commissioner of that county; authorizing a county to request and receive a waiver from the increases in compensation 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:

 

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,

2-1  all fees and commissions collected by such officers in the

2-2  performance of their duties must be paid into the county treasury

2-3  each month without deduction of any nature.

2-4  ANNUAL SALARIES

 

2-5                     County    District            County  CountyCountyCounty   Public

2-6  Class          CountyCommissioner   AttorneySheriff    ClerkAssessorRecorderTreasurer    Administrator

 

2-7       1                Clark  $54,000[$100,800$84,000$72,000$72,000$72,000$72,000       $72,000]

2-8                                                $155,745$134,263$95,760$95,760$95,760$95,760      $95,760

2-9       2              Washoe39,600  [96,000  78,000  66,000  66,000   66,000   66,00066,000]

2-10                                                137,485110,63287,780  87,780   87,780   87,78087,780

2-11      3          Carson City18,000[72,36060,000  51,360  51,360   --------   51,360--------]

2-12                                                 98,707   81,846  68,309  68,309   --------   68,309--------

2-13                    Churchill18,000  [72,360  60,000  51,360  51,360   51,360   --------  --------]

2-14                                                 98,707   81,846  68,309  68,309   68,309   --------  --------

2-15                     Douglas18,000  [72,360  60,000  51,360  51,360   51,360   --------  --------]

2-16                                                98,707   81,846  68,309  68,309   68,309   --------  --------

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

2-18                                                 98,707   81,846  68,309  68,309   68,309   68,309--------

2-19                   Humboldt18,000  98,707   81,846  68,309  68,309   68,309   68,309--------

2-20                       Lyon   18,000  [72,360  60,000  51,360  51,360   51,360   --------  --------]

2-21                                                 98,707   81,846  68,309  68,309   68,309   --------  --------

2-22                        Nye    18,000  [72,360  60,000  51,360  51,360   51,360   51,360--------]

2-23                                                 98,707   81,846  68,309  68,309   68,309   68,309--------

2-24      [4           Humboldt18,000  68,340   54,000  42,840  42,840   42,840   42,840--------]

2-25      4               Lander  18,000  [68,340  54,000  42,840  42,840   42,840   42,840--------]

2-26                                                 93,223   73,662  56,977  56,977   56,977   56,977--------

2-27                   White Pine18,000[68,340  54,000  42,840  42,840   42,840   42,840--------]

2-28                                                 93,223   73,662  56,977  56,977   56,977   56,977--------

2-29      5               Eureka  15,240  [60,300  43,200  38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------]

2-30                                                 82,256   58,929  51,072  51,072   51,072   --------  --------

2-31                      Lincoln15,240  [60,300  43,200  38,400  38,400   38,400   38,400--------]

2-32                                                 82,256   58,929  51,072  51,072   51,072   51,072--------

2-33                     Mineral15,240  [60,300  43,200  38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------]

2-34                                                 82,256   58,929  51,072  51,072   51,072   --------  --------

2-35                     Pershing15,240  [60,300  43,200  38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------]

2-36                                                 82,256   58,929  51,072  51,072   51,072   --------  --------

2-37                       Storey  15,240   82,256   58,929  51,072  51,072   51,072   --------  --------

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

2-39                                                 65,314   52,382  44,688  44,688   44,688   --------  --------

2-40                      [Storey15,240   47,880   43,200  38,400  38,400   38,400   --------  --------]

 

2-41    3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2, a board of

2-42  county commissioners, by a vote of the majority of the board, may

3-1  set the annual salary for the county commissioners of that county

3-2  at a rate higher than the salary provided pursuant to subsection 2.

3-3  A board of county commissioners is not limited in the number of

3-4  times that it may raise the salary of the county commissioners for

3-5  that county.

3-6  Sec. 2.  Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of this act,

3-7  each county shall commence payment of the increased annual

3-8  salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table of

3-9  annual salaries contained in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as

3-10  amended by section 1 of this act, on July 1, 2003.

3-11      Sec. 3.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a

3-12  board of county commissioners may apply to the Committee on

3-13  Local Government Finance for a waiver from the requirement to

3-14  increase the annual salaries of elected officers of the county to the

3-15  annual salaries set forth in the table contained in subsection 2 of

3-16  NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 of this act, if the board

3-17  determines that the financial resources of the county are insufficient

3-18  to pay those increased annual salaries in Fiscal Year 2003-2004. The

3-19  Committee on Local Government Finance shall grant such a waiver

3-20  if it finds that the financial resources of the county are insufficient to

3-21  pay those increased annual salaries in Fiscal Year 2003-2004.

3-22      2.  A board of county commissioners that has been granted a

3-23  waiver for a fiscal year may apply to the Committee on Local

3-24  Government Finance for an additional waiver for the next

3-25  consecutive fiscal year if it finds that the financial resources of the

3-26  county continue to be insufficient to pay the increased annual

3-27  salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table

3-28  contained in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1

3-29  of this act. There is no limitation on the number of waivers for

3-30  consecutive fiscal years that the board of county commissioners may

3-31  be granted if the board of county commissioners finds that the

3-32  financial resources of the county continue to be insufficient to pay

3-33  the increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the county set

3-34  forth in the table contained in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as

3-35  amended by section 1 of this act, in that fiscal year.

3-36      3.  After commencing payment of the increased annual salaries

3-37  of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table contained

3-38  in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 of this act,

3-39  a board of county commissioners may not apply for a waiver in any

3-40  subsequent fiscal year.

3-41      4.  The increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the

3-42  county set forth in the table contained in subsection 2 of NRS

3-43  245.043, as amended by section 1 of this act, must not be paid

3-44  retroactively for a period to which a waiver granted pursuant to

3-45  subsection 1 is applicable.

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

4-2  apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are

4-3  related to the provisions of this act.

4-4  Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective upon July 1, 2003.

 

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