Bill Text: AZ SB1470 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Superior court clerks; salaries
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-05 - Referred to Senate GE Committee [SB1470 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-SB1470-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: superior court clerks; salaries |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SB 1470 |
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Introduced by Senators Driggs, McComish; Representative Allen: Senators Burges, Reagan; Representative Shope
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AN ACT
amending section 12‑281, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the clerk of the superior court.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 12-281, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
12-281. Oath; bond; salary; prohibition
A. The clerk of the superior court shall take the oath of office and give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars conditioned upon on the faithful performance of the duties of that office and the payment of all monies to the person entitled to receive them. The bond is subject to approval by the presiding superior court judge.
B. In counties having a population of five hundred thousand or more persons, as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is seventy‑six thousand six hundred eighty‑eight thousand eight hundred fifty‑six dollars until modified.
C. In counties having a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the annual salary of the clerk of the superior court is sixty‑three thousand eight hundred seventy‑four thousand eight dollars until modified.
D. The annual salary of the clerk of the superior court shall be reviewed by the commission on salaries for elective state officers pursuant to section 41‑1903.
E. The clerk of the superior court and the clerk's deputies are prohibited from practicing law or forming a partnership with an attorney‑at‑law. This subsection does not prohibit the clerk or the clerk's employees from providing to the public, including litigants, information regarding documents routinely filed with the clerk.
Sec. 2. Effective date
Section 12‑281, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, is effective from and after December 31, 2014.
