SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 2137

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

5013L.02T 2002

AN ACT

To repeal section 54.261, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to compensation for county treasurers.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 54.261, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 54.261, to read as follows:

54.261. 1. The county treasurer in counties of the first classification, not having a charter form of government and containing a portion of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, and in counties of the second, third and fourth classifications of this state, shall receive as compensation for services performed by the treasurer an annual salary based upon the assessed valuation of the county. The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction, nor shall require an increase, in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of treasurer on January 1, [1997] 2002.

2. The amount of salary based upon assessed valuation shall be computed according to the following schedule:

Assessed Valuation Salary

$ 18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $21,460

41,000,000 to 53,999,999 22,200

54,000,000 to 65,999,999 23,680

66,000,000 to 85,999,999 25,160

86,000,000 to 99,999,999 26,640

100,000,000 to 130,999,999 28,120

131,000,000 to 159,999,999 29,600

160,000,000 to 189,999,999 30,340

190,000,000 to 249,999,999 30,710

250,000,000 to 299,999,999 31,820

300,000,000 or more 33,300

3. In lieu of the salary schedule listed in subsection 2 of this section, the salary commission may authorize a salary schedule that exceeds the schedule in subsection 2 of this section, but such schedule shall not exceed the following:

Assessed Valuation Salary

$18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $29,000

41,000,000 to 53,999,999 30,000

54,000,000 to 65,999,999 32,000

66,000,000 to 85,999,999 34,000

86,000,000 to 99,999,999 36,000

100,000,000 to 130,999,999 38,000

131,000,000 to 159,999,999 40,000

160,000,000 to 189,999,999 41,000

190,000,000 to 249,999,999 41,500

250,000,000 to 299,999,999 43,000

300,000,000 or more 45,000

[3.] 4. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the treasurer only if the treasurer has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the treasurer's office when approved by a professional association of the county treasurers or county collectors of Missouri unless exempted from the training by the professional association. The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each treasurer who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified treasurers to the county commission of each county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county treasurer in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

[4.] 5. The county treasurer in any county, other than a county of the first classification having a charter form of government or a county of the first classification not having a charter form of government and not containing any part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, shall not, except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the commission, receive an annual compensation in an amount less than the total compensation being received for the office of county treasurer in the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

[5.] 6. In the event of a vacancy in the office of treasurer in any county except a county of the first classification with a charter form of government, when there is no deputy treasurer, the county commission shall appoint a qualified acting treasurer until such time as the vacancy is filled by the governor pursuant to section 105.030, RSMo.


Missouri House of Representatives