Amendment No. 174

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 53                                                                             (BDR 20‑21)

Proposed by: Committee on Government Affairs

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will ADD an unfunded mandate requested by the affected local government to SB 53 (§§ 1, 2, 3).

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 5 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 6, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

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

NEW FIRST PARALLEL SECTION

 
     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                        County                County                 County                    Public

Class              County                Commissioner             Attorney                  Sheriff                      Clerk                        Assessor             Recorder               Treasurer          Administrator

 

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

                                                           $128,272       $109,131

    2      Washoe              39,600          [96,000]          [78,000]         66,000             66,000         66,000           66,000           66,000

                                                             116,742           94,316

    3      Carson City        18,000          [72,360]          [60,000]         51,360             51,360         --------           51,360           --------

                                                               85,534           70,923

            Churchill             18,000          [72,360]          [60,000]         51,360             51,360         51,360            --------           --------

                                                               85,534           70,923

            Douglas              18,000          [72,360]          [60,000]         51,360             51,360         51,360            --------           --------

                                                               85,534           70,923

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

                                                               85,534           70,923

            Humboldt         18,000           83,524           67,923       42,840           42,840       42,840          42,840           --------

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

                                                               85,534           70,923

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

                                                               85,534           70,923

   [4      Humboldt           18,000             68,340             54,000         42,840             42,840         42,840           42,840          --------]

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

                                                               80,782           63,831

            White Pine         18,000          [68,340]          [54,000]         42,840             42,840         42,840           42,840           --------

                                                               80,782           63,831

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

                                                               71,278           51,065

            Lincoln                15,240          [60,300]          [43,200]         38,400             38,400         38,400           38,400           --------

                                                               71,278           51,065

            Mineral               15,240          [60,300]          [43,200]         38,400             38,400         38,400            --------           --------

                                                               71,278           51,065

            Pershing             15,240          [60,300]          [43,200]         38,400             38,400         38,400            --------           --------

                                                               71,278           51,065

            Storey                15,240           65,068           51,065       38,400           38,400       38,400            --------           --------

    6      Esmeralda           12,000          [47,880]          [38,400]         33,600             33,600         33,600            --------           --------

                                                               56,597           45,391

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

 

     Sec. 2. NRS 245.043 is hereby amended to read as follows:

NEW SECOND PARALLEL SECTION

(Proof against § 1)

 
     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                        County                County                 County                    Public

Class              County                Commissioner             Attorney                  Sheriff                      Clerk                        Assessor             Recorder               Treasurer          Administrator

 

    1      Clark                  $54,000      [$128,272]      [$109,131]       $72,000           $72,000       $72,000         $72,000         $72,000

                                                           $155,744       $134,262

    2      Washoe              39,600        [116,742]          [94,316]         66,000             66,000         66,000           66,000           66,000

                                                             137,484         110,632

    3      Carson City        18,000          [85,534]          [70,923]         51,360             51,360         --------           51,360           --------

                                                               98,707           81,846

            Churchill             18,000          [85,534]          [70,923]         51,360             51,360         51,360            --------           --------

                                                               98,707           81,846

            Douglas              18,000          [85,534]          [70,923]         51,360             51,360         51,360            --------           --------

                                                               98,707           81,846

            Elko                     18,000          [85,534]          [70,923]         51,360             51,360         51,360           51,360           --------

                                                               98,707           81,846

            Humboldt           18,000          [83,524]          [67,923]         42,840             42,840         42,840           42,840           --------

                                                               98,707           81,846

            Lyon                    18,000          [85,534]          [70,923]         51,360             51,360         51,360            --------           --------

                                                               98,707           81,846

            Nye                      18,000          [85,534]          [70,923]         51,360             51,360         51,360           51,360           --------

                                                               98,707           81,846

    4      Lander                 18,000          [80,782]          [63,831]         42,840             42,840         42,840           42,840           --------

                                                               93,223           73,662

            White Pine         18,000          [80,782]          [63,831]         42,840             42,840         42,840           42,840           --------

                                                               93,223           73,662

    5      Eureka                 15,240          [71,278]          [51,065]         38,400             38,400         38,400            --------           --------

                                                               82,256           58,929

            Lincoln                15,240          [71,278]          [51,065]         38,400             38,400         38,400           38,400           --------

                                                               82,256           58,929

            Mineral               15,240          [71,278]          [51,065]         38,400             38,400         38,400            --------           --------

                                                               82,256           58,929

            Pershing             15,240          [71,278]          [51,065]         38,400             38,400         38,400            --------           --------

                                                               82,256           58,929

            Storey                 15,240          [65,068]          [51,065]         38,400             38,400         38,400            --------           --------

                                                               82,256           58,929

    6      Esmeralda           12,000          [56,597]          [45,391]         33,600             33,600         33,600            --------           --------

                                                               65,314           52,382

 

     Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 4 of this act, each county shall:

     1.  Commence payment of the increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table of annual salaries contained in NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 of this act, on July 1, 2003.

     2.  Commence payment of the increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table of annual salaries contained in NRS 245.043, as amended by section 2 of this act, on July 1, 2004.

     Sec. 4. 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:

     (a) The requirement to increase the annual salaries of elected officers of the county to the annual salaries set forth in the table contained in 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.

     (b) The requirement to increase the annual salaries of elected officers of the county to the annual salaries set forth in the table contained in NRS 245.043, as amended by section 2 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 2004-2005.

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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 the applicable fiscal year.

     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 NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 or 2 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 NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 or 2 of this act, in that fiscal year.

     3.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, after commencing payment of the increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table contained in NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 or 2 of this act, a board of county commissioners may not apply for a waiver in any subsequent fiscal year. The fact that a board of county commissioners has, in Fiscal Year 2003-2004, paid the annual salaries set forth in the table contained in NRS 245.043 as amended by section 1 of this act, does not preclude the board of county commissioners from applying for and being granted a waiver from paying the annual salaries set forth in the table contained in NRS 245.043 as amended by section 2 of this act in Fiscal Year 2004-2005 or in any consecutive year if the Committee on Local Government Finance determines that the financial resources of the county are insufficient to pay the increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the county.

     4.  The increased annual salaries of the elected officers of the county set forth in the table contained in NRS 245.043, as amended by section 1 or 2 of this act, must not be paid retroactively for a period to which a waiver granted pursuant to subsection 1 is applicable.

     Sec. 5. The provisions 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. 6. 1.  This section and sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 of this act become effective on July 1, 2003.

     2.  Section 1 of this act expires by limitation on June 30, 2004.

     3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2004.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to public officers; increasing the compensation of district attorneys and sheriffs; 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.”.