HCS SCS SB 1220 -- SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICIALS

SPONSOR:  Caskey (Sutherland)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Special Committee on
General Laws by a vote of 7 to 2.

This substitute increases the maximum amount of compensation that
certain county officials may receive if the local salary
commission decides to increase salaries and extends the assessed
valuation tables upon which the salaries are based to include
higher assessed values.  The officers include county
commissioners in all counties, except charter counties and
certain counties of the first classification; recorders of deeds,
county collectors, county treasurers, county auditors, part-time
prosecutors, and county coroners in all counties, except charter
counties; county clerks and county assessors in all counties,
except those of the first classification; county treasurer ex
officio collectors in third and fourth classification township
counties; county sheriffs in all counties, except St. Louis, St.
Charles, Jackson, Platte, Clay, and Cass counties; and public
administrators in second, third, or fourth classification
counties.

The assessed values used in salary schedules will not be modified
due to the existence of enterprise zones or financing under
Chapter 100, RSMo.  Expenses incurred for the training of certain
county officials must be reimbursed in the same manner as other
appropriated expenses.  The election authority in each county
without a board of election commissioners will receive an
additional $7,500 to perform duties in compliance with the Help
America Vote Act of 2002.  The treasurer ex officio collectors in
third and fourth classification township counties must employ at
least one full-time deputy but may employ as many deputies and
assistants as necessary.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2005, FY 2006, and
FY 2007.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that it has been several years since
the maximum salaries have been adjusted.  The bill attempts to
maintain parity in salaries across county classifications.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Caskey; Missouri County
Collectors Association; Missouri Association of County Clerks;
Missouri Assessors' Association; County Commissioners Association
of Missouri; Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association;
Missouri County Treasurers Association; Missouri Recorders
Association; Missouri Sheriffs Association; Missouri Association
of Public Administrators; and Darryl Kempf, Cooper County Clerk.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Becky DeNeve, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:16 am