Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the salary schedules contained in sections 49.082, 50.334, 50.343, 51.281, 51.282, 52.269, 53.082, 53.083, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.265, 58.095, and 473.742 shall be set as a base schedule for those county officials.

Except when it is necessary to increase newly elected or reelected county officials' salaries, in accordance with Section 13, Article VII, Constitution of Missouri, to comply with the requirements of this section, the salary commission in all counties except charter counties in this state shall be responsible for the computation of salaries of all county officials;

provided, however, that any percentage salary adjustments in a county shall be equal for all such officials in that county and any salary adjustment after August 28, 2026, shall not decrease the current salary of any official.

To the extent that the current salary of any official exceeds the amount set forth in the salary schedules contained in sections 49.082, 50.334, 50.343, 51.281, 52.269, 53.082, 53.083, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.265, 58.095, and 473.742 as of August 28, 2026, such salary may only be increased as a result of further increases to assessed value as provided in such sections or in section 50.333.

2.

In addition to the amounts set forth in the salary schedules contained in sections 49.082, 50.334, 50.343, 51.281, 52.282, 52.269, 53.082, 53.083, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.265, 58.095, and 473.742, salaries shall be adjusted each year on the anniversary date of each official's current term.

The amount of adjustment shall be based on the following calculation:

(1) Determine the difference between the last completed assessed value for the county minus the assessed value for the county for the year prior to the last completed assessed value;

(2) Divide the difference by the amount of the last completed assessed value to determine the annual assessed value growth;

(3) Multiply the annual assessed value growth by the following amount:

Annual Assessed Value Growth Amount SS SCS HB 1825 5 Negative No Change 0 - 2.99% 1 3.00 - 5.99% 0.5 6.00 - 6.99% 0.33 7.00 - 7.99% 0.25 8.00 - 9.99% 0.20 10% plus .013 (4) Multiply the product of the calculation set forth in subdivision (3) of this subsection by the official's current salary;

and (5) Add the product of the calculation set forth in subdivision (4) of this subsection to the current salary amount.

Adjustments made pursuant to this subsection shall not equal or exceed the salary for the next highest assessed valuation contained in sections 49.082, 50.334, 50.343, 51.281, 52.282, 52.269, 53.082, 53.083, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.265, 58.095, and 473.742.

3.

Upon majority approval of the salary commission, the annual compensation of part-time prosecutors contained in section 56.265 and the county offices contained in sections 49.082, 50.334, 50.343, 51.281, 51.282, 52.269, 53.082, 53.083, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 58.095, and 473.742 may be increased [by up to two thousand dollars] greater than the compensation provided by the salary schedules;

provided, however, that any vote to increase compensation be effective for all county offices in that county subject to the salary commission.

[3.] 4.

Upon the majority approval of the salary commission, the annual compensation of a county coroner of any county not having a charter form of government as provided in section 58.095 may be increased up to fourteen thousand dollars greater than the compensation provided by the salary schedule of such section.

[4.] 5.

The salary commission of any county of the third classification may amend the base schedules for the computation of salaries for county officials referenced in subsection 1 of this section to include assessed valuation factors in excess of three hundred million dollars;

provided that the percentage of any adjustments in assessed valuation factors shall be equal for all such officials in that county.

50.333.

1.

There shall be a salary commission in every nonchartered county.

2.

The clerk or court administrator of the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which such county is located shall set a date, time and place for the salary commission meeting and serve as temporary [chairman] chair of the salary commission until the members of the commission elect a [chairman] chair from their number.

Upon written request of a majority of the salary commission members the clerk or court administrator of the circuit court shall SS SCS HB 1825 6 forthwith set the earliest date possible for a meeting of the salary commission.

The circuit clerk or court administrator shall give notice of the time and place of any meeting of the salary commission.

Such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in such county at least five days prior to such meeting.

Such notice shall contain a general description of the business to be discussed at such meeting.

3.

The members of the salary commission shall be:

(1) The recorder of deeds if the recorder's office is separate from that of the circuit clerk;

(2) The county clerk;

(3) [The prosecuting attorney;

(4) The sheriff;

(5)] The county commissioners;

[(6)] (4) The collector or treasurer ex officio collector;

[(7)] (5) The treasurer or treasurer ex officio collector;

[(8)] (6) The assessor;

[(9)] (7) The auditor;

[(10)] (8) The public administrator;

and [(11)] (9) The coroner.

In a county with more than one hundred fifty thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants, the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff shall be members of the salary commission.

In any county that utilizes part-time prosecuting attorneys, such part-time prosecuting attorneys shall be members of the salary commission.

Members of the salary commission shall receive no additional compensation for their servicesservices"; as members of the salary commission.

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NotwithstandingAction theTaken___________________________________________ provisionsDate of__________________ sectionsPage 610.0211 and 610.022, all meetings of a1 county salary commission shall be open meetings and all votes taken at such meetings shall be open records.

Any vote taken at any meeting of the salary commission shall be taken by recorded yeas and nays.

[5.] 6.

In every county, the salary commission shall meet at least once before November thirtieth of each odd-numbered year and may meet in any even-numbered year.

The salary commission may meet as many times as it deems necessary and may meet after November thirtieth and prior to December fifteenth of any odd-numbered year if the commission has met at least once prior to November thirtieth of that year.

At any meeting of the salary commission, the members shall elect a [chairman] chair from their number.

The SS SCS HB 1825 7 county clerk shall present a report on the financial condition of the county to the commission once the [chairman] chair is elected, and shall keep the minutes of the meeting.

[6.]7.

For purposes of this section, the 1988 base compensation is the compensation paid on September 1, 1987, plus the same percentage increase paid or allowed, whichever is greater, to the presiding commissioner or the sheriff, whichever is greater, of that county for the year beginning January 1, 1988.

Such increase shall be expressed as a percentage of the difference between the maximum allowable compensation and the compensation paid on September 1, 1987.

[At its meeting in 1987 and at any meeting held in 1988, the salary commission shall determine the compensation to be paid to every county officer holding office on January 1, 1988.] The salary commission shall establish the compensation for each office at an amount not greater than that set by law as the maximum compensation.

If the salary commission votes to increase compensation, but not to pay the maximum amount authorized by law for any officer or office, then the increase in compensation shall be the same percentage increase for all officers and offices and shall be expressed as a percentage of the difference between the maximum allowable compensation and the compensation being received at the time of the vote.

If two-thirds of the members of the salary commission vote to decrease the compensation being received at the time of the vote below that compensation, all officers shall receive the same percentage decrease.

The commission may vote not to increase or decrease the compensation and that compensation shall continue to be the salary of such offices and officers during the subsequent term of office.

[7.] 8.

For the year 1989 and every second year thereafter, the salary commission shall meet in every county as many times as it deems necessary on or prior to November thirtieth of any such year for the purpose of determining the amount of compensation to be paid to county officials.

For each year in which the commission meets, the members shall elect a [chairman] chair from their number.

The county clerk shall present a report on the financial condition of the county to the commission once the [chairman] chair is elected, and shall keep minutes of the meeting.

The salary commission shall then consider the compensation to be paid for the next term of office for each county officer to be elected at their next general election.

If the commission votes not to increase or decrease the compensation, the salary being paid during the term in which the vote was taken shall continue as the salary of such offices and officers during the subsequent term of office.

If the salary commission votes to increase the compensation, all officers or offices whose compensation is being considered by the commission at that time shall receive the same percentage of the maximum allowable compensation.

However, for any county in which all offices' and officers' salaries have been set at one hundred percent of the maximum allowable compensation, the commission may vote to increase the compensation of all offices except that of full-time prosecuting attorneys at that or any subsequent meeting of the salary SS SCS HB 1825 8 commission without regard to any law or maximum limitation established by law.

Such increase shall be expressed as a percentage of the compensation being paid during the term of office when the vote is taken, and each officer or office whose compensation is being established by the salary commission at that time shall receive the same percentage increase over the compensation being paid for that office during the term when the vote is taken.

This increase shall be in addition to any increase mandated by an official's salary schedule because of changes in assessed valuation during the current term.

If the salary commission votes to decrease the compensation, a vote of two-thirds or more of all the members of the salary commission shall be required before the salary or other compensation of any county office shall be decreased below the compensation being paid for the particular office on the date the salary commission votes, and all officers and offices shall receive the same percentage decrease.

[8.] 9.

The salary commission shall issue, not later than December fifteenth of any year in which it meets, a report of compensation to be paid to each officer and the compensation so set shall be paid beginning with the start of the subsequent term of office of each officer.

The report of compensation shall be certified to the clerk of the county commission for the county and shall be in substantially the following form:

The salary commission for ______County hereby certifies that it has met pursuant to law to establish compensation for county officers to be paid to such officers during the next term of office for the officers affected.

The salary commission reports that there shall be (no increase in compensation) (an increase of ______percent) (a decrease of _ _____percent) (county officer's salaries set at ______percent of the maximum allowable compensation).

Salaries shall be adjusted each year on the official's year of incumbency for any change in the last completed assessment that would affect the maximum allowable compensation for that office.

[9.]10.

For the meeting in 1989 and every meeting thereafter, in the event a salary commission in any county fails, neglects or refuses to meet as provided in this section, or in the event a majority of the salary commission is unable to reach an agreement and so reports or fails to certify a salary report to the clerk of the county commission by December fifteenth of any year in which a report is required to be certified by this section, then the compensation being paid to each affected office or officer on such date shall continue to be the compensation paid to the affected office or officer during the succeeding term of office.

[10.] 11.

Other provisions of law notwithstanding, in every instance where an officer or employee of any county is paid a mileage allowance or reimbursement, the county commission shall allow or reimburse such officers or employees out of the county treasury at SS SCS HB 1825 9 the highest rate paid to any county officer for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of their official duties.

The county commission of any county may elect to pay a mileage allowance for any county commissioner for travel going to and returning from the place of holding commission meetings and for all other necessary travel on official county business in the personal motor vehicle of the commissioner presenting the claim.

The governing body of any county of the first classification [not having a charter form of government] may provide by order for the payment of mileage expenses of elected and appointed county officials by payment of a certain amount monthly which would reflect the average monthly mileage expenses of such officer based on the amount allowed pursuant to state law for the payment of mileage for state employees.

Any order entered for such purpose shall not be construed as salary, wages or other compensation for services rendered.

[11.] 12.

The term "maximum allowable compensation" as used in this section means the highest compensation which may be paid to the specified officer or office in the particular county based on the salary schedule established by law for the specified officer or office.

If the salary commission at its meeting in 1987 voted for one hundred percent of the maximum allowable compensation and does not change such vote at its meeting held within thirty days after May 13, 1988, as provided in subsection 6 of this section, the one hundred percent shall be calculated on the basis of the total allowable compensation permitted after May 13, 1988.

[12.] 13.

At the salary commission meeting which establishes the percentage rate to be applied to county officers during the next term of office, the salary commission may authorize the further adjustment of such officers' compensation as a cost-of-living component and effective January first of each year, the compensation for county officers may be adjusted by the county commission, and if the adjustment of compensation is authorized, the percentage increase shall be the same for all county officers, not to exceed the percentage increase given to the other county employees.

The compensation for all county officers may be set as a group, although the change in compensation will not become effective until the next term of office for each officer.

[13.

At the salary commission meeting in 1997 which establishes the salaries for those officers to be elected at the general election in 1998, the salary commission of each noncharter county may provide salary increases for associate county commissioners elected in 1996.

This one-time increase is necessitated by the change from two- to four-year terms for associate commissioners pursuant to house bill 256, passed by the first regular session of the eighty-eighth general assembly in 1995.] 50.334.

1.

In all counties, except counties of the first classification having a charter form of government and counties 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, each recorder of deeds, if the recorder's office is separate from that of the circuit SS SCS HB 1825 10 clerk, shall receive as total compensation for all services performed by the recorder, except as provided pursuant to section 50.333, an annual salary which shall be computed on an assessed valuation basis as set forth in the following schedule.

The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as computed for the year next preceding the computation.

The county recorder of deeds whose office is separate from that of the circuit clerk 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 salary commission, receive an annual compensation in an amount less than the total compensation being received for the office of county recorder of deeds in the particular county for services rendered or performed on January 1, 1997.

Assessed Valuation Salary $ 8,000,000 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 2.

A recorder of deeds who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 SS SCS HB 1825 11 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 3.

Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to recorder only if he has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the recorder's office when approved by a professional association of the county recorders of deeds of Missouri unless [exempted from the training] an alternative option is approved by the professional association.

The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each recorder who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified recorders to the treasurer of each county.

Expenses incurred for attending the training session shall be reimbursed to the county recorder in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

51.281.

1.

The county clerk in any county, other than in a first classification county, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation.

The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of clerk on January 1, 1997.

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 SS SCS HB 1825 12 2.

A county clerk who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 3.

Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to clerk only if the clerk has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the clerk's office when approved by [a professional] the Missouri association of [the] county clerks [of Missouri] and election authorities unless [exempted from the training] an alternative option is approved by the professional association.

The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each clerk who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified clerks to the treasurer of each county.

Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county clerk in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

[3.] 4.

The county clerk may retain any fees to which he is entitled for services performed in the issuance of fish and game licenses or permits.

[4.] 5.

The county clerk in any county, other than a first classification charter county or a first classification county 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 salary commission, receive an annual compensation in an amount less than the total compensation being received for the office of county clerk in SS SCS HB 1825 13 the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

52.269.

1.

In all counties, except first classification counties having a charter form of government and first classification counties not having a charter form of government and not containing any part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, the county collector shall receive an annual salary which shall be paid in equal monthly installments by the county.

The salary shall be computed on an assessed valuation basis as provided in this subsection.

The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount as shown for the year next preceding the annual salary computation.

A county collector subject to the provisions of this section shall not receive an annual compensation less than the total compensation being received by the county collector in that county for services rendered or performed for the period beginning March 1, 1987, and ending February 29, 1988.

The county collector shall receive the same percentage adjustments provided by the county salary commissions for county officers in that county pursuant to section 50.333.

The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of county collector on January 1, 1997, or less than the total compensation being received for the services rendered or performed for the period beginning March 1, 1987, and ending February 29, 1988.

The salary shall be computed on the basis of the following schedule:

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 2.

A county collector who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receivean annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 SS SCS HB 1825 14 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 3.

Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to collector only if the collector has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the collector's office when approved by a professional association of the county collectors of Missouri unless [exempted from the training] an alternative option is approved by the professional association.

The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each collector who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified collectors to the treasurer of each county.

Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county collector in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

[3.] 4.

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any fee provided for in section 52.250 or 52.275, when collected on ditch and levee taxes, shall not be collected on behalf of the county and deposited into the county general revenue fund.

Such fee shall be retained by the collector as compensation for his services, in addition to any amount provided for such collector in this section.

[4.] 5.

Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, after the next general election following January 1, 1988, all fees collected by the collector shall be collected on behalf of the county and deposited in the county general revenue fund.

53.082.

1.

The county assessor in any county, other than in a first classification county, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule provided in this subsection.

The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation.

The provisions of this section shall not SS SCS HB 1825 15 permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of assessor on September 1, 1997.

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 2.

A county assessor who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 3.

The compensation for county assessors in second, third and fourth classification counties for the term of office beginning September 1, 1997, shall be calculated pursuant to SS SCS HB 1825 16 the salary schedule in this section using the percentage increase approved by the county salary commission when establishing the compensation for the office of county assessor at the salary commission meeting in 1997.

This salary shall become effective on September 1, 1997.

[3.] 4.

Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the assessor only if the assessor has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the assessor's office when approved by a professional association of the county assessors of Missouri unless [exempted from the training] an alternative option is approved by the professional association.

The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each assessor who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified assessors to the treasurer of each county.

Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county assessor in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

[4.] 5.

The county assessor in any county, except a first classification county, shall not, except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the salary commission, receive an annual compensation in an amount less than the total compensation being received for the office of county assessor in the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

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, 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 $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 SS SCS HB 1825 17 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 41,500 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 43,000 300,000,000 or more 45,000 3.

A county treasurer who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 $10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 4.

Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to 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] an alternative option is approved 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 shall 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 SS SCS HB 1825 18 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 due to death, resignation, or otherwise in the office of treasurer in any county except a county with a charter form of government, and 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 or the elected treasurer returns to work.

The county commission shall employ and fix the compensation of clerical and other assistants necessary to enable the interim treasurer to efficiently perform the duties of the office.

54.320.

1.

The county collector-treasurer in counties of the third and fourth classifications adopting township organization shall receive an annual salary as set forth in the following schedule.

The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation.

A county collector-treasurer subject to the provisions of this section shall not receive an annual compensation less than the total compensation being received by the county treasurer ex officio collector in that county for services rendered or performed for the period beginning March 1, 1987, and ending February 29, 1988.

The county collector-treasurer shall receive the same percentage adjustments provided by county salary commissions for county officers in that county pursuant to section 50.333.

The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of county treasurer ex officio collector on January 1, 1997, or less than the total compensation being received for the services rendered or performed for the period beginning March 1, 1987, and ending February 29, 1988.

The salary shall be computed on the basis of the following schedule:

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 SS SCS HB 1825 19 300,000,000 to 449,999,999 45,000 In addition, the collector-treasurer shall collect on behalf of the county a fee for the collection of all back taxes and all delinquent taxes of two percent on all sums collected to be added to the face of the tax bill, and collected from the party paying the tax.

The collector-treasurer shall collect on behalf of the county a fee of three percent on all licenses, including current railroad and utility taxes, surtax, back taxes, delinquent taxes and interest collected by the collector-treasurer, to be deducted from the amounts collected.

The collector-treasurer shall collect on behalf of the county for the purpose of mailing statements and receipts required by section 139.350 a fee of one-half of one percent on all licenses and all taxes, including current taxes, back taxes, delinquent taxes, and interest collected by the collector-treasurer, to be deducted from the amounts collected.

All fees collected under this section shall be collected on behalf of the county and shall be deposited in the county treasury or as provided by law.

Collector-treasurers in counties having a township form of government are entitled to collect such fees immediately upon an order of the circuit court under section 139.031.

If the protest is later sustained and a portion of the taxes so paid is returned to the taxpayer the county shall return that portion of the fee collected on the amount returned to the taxpayer.

The collector- treasurer in each of the third and fourth classification counties which have adopted the township form of county government is entitled to employ deputies and assistants, and for the deputies and assistants is allowed not less than the amount allowed in 2003-2004, whichever is greater.

2.

A county collector-treasurer who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 SS SCS HB 1825 20 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 3.

Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the collector-treasurern each county of the third or fourth classification having a township form of government shall employ not fewer than one full-time deputy.

The collector-treasurer may employ such number of deputies and assistants as may be necessary to perform the duties of the office of collector-treasurer promptly and correctly, as determined by the collector-treasurer.

The office of the collector-treasurer shall be funded sufficiently to compensate deputies and assistants at a level no less than the compensation provided for other county employees.

Such deputies and assistants shall be allowed adjustments in compensation at the same percentage as provided for other county employees, as effective January first each year.

[3.] 4.

Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the collector-treasurer only if such officer has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the collector-treasurer's office when approved by a professional association of the county treasurers or county collectors of Missouri unless [exempted from the training] an alternative option is approved by the professional association.

The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each collector-treasurer who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified collector-treasurers to the county commission of each county.

Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county collector-treasurer in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

55.091.

1.

The county auditor in any county, other than in a first classification chartered county or a first classification county 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 receive an annual salary computed on an assessed valuation basis as set forth in the following schedule.

The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation.

The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of auditor on January 1, 1997.

Assessed Valuation Salary $131,000,000 to 189,999,999 $40,500 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 41,500 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 43,000 SS SCS HB 1825 21 300,000,000 to 399,999,999 45,000 400,000,000 to 499,999,999 46,000 500,000,000 or more 47,000 2.

A county auditor who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 3.

Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to auditor only if the auditor has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the auditor's office when approved by a professional association of the county auditors of Missouri unless [exempted from the training] an alternative option is approved by the professional association.

The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each auditor who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified auditors to the treasurer of each county.

Expenses incurred attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county auditor in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

[3.] 4.

The county auditor in any county, other than a first classification charter county, shall not, except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the salary commission, receive an annual compensation less than the total compensation being received for the office SS SCS HB 1825 22 of county auditor in the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

56.265.

1.

The county prosecuting attorney in any county[, other than in a chartered county,] shall receive an annual salary computed [using the following schedule, when applicable.

The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year immediately preceding the year for which the computation is done] as provided in this subsection.

(1) For a full-time [prosecutor] prosecuting attorney of a charter, first, or second class county, or of a city not within a county, the [prosecutor] prosecuting attorney shall receive compensation equal to one hundred percent of the compensation of [an associate] a circuit judge[;].

(2) For a [part-time prosecutor:] full-time prosecuting attorney of a third or fourth class county, the prosecuting attorney shall receive compensation equal to one hundred percent of the compensation of an associate circuit judge or, upon approval by a majority of the county commission, the prosecuting attorney shall receive compensation equal to ninety-five percent of the compensation of a circuit judge.

(3) Upon approval by a majority of the county commission, a part-time prosecuting attorney shall receive compensation equal to between thirty and sixty percent of the compensation of an associate circuit judge.

[Assessed Valuation] [Amount] [$18,000,000] [ t-[40,999,999] [$37,000] o] [41,000,000] [t- [53,999,999] [38,000] o] [54,000,000] [ t-[65,999,999] [39,000] o] [66,000,000] [ t- [85,999,999] [41,000] o] [86,000,000] [t- [99,999,999] [43,000] o] [100,000,000] [ t-[130,999,999] [45,000] o] [131,000,000] [ t-[159,999,999] [47,000] o] [160,000,000] [t- [189,999,999] [49,000] o] SS SCS HB 1825 23 [190,000,000] [t- [249,999,999] [51,000] o] [250,000,000] [ t-[299,999,999] [53,000] o] [300,000,000] [ - [more] [55,000] o- r] (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, no prosecuting attorney who has held the office of prosecuting attorney prior to January 1, 2027, shall have their compensation lowered by the implementation of the compensation procedures of this section, nor shall any prosecuting attorney have their compensation lowered during their tenure of office.

2.

Two thousand dollars of the salary shall be payable to any prosecuting attorney only if the prosecuting attorney has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the prosecuting attorney's office when approved by a professional association of the county prosecuting attorneys 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 prosecuting attorney who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified prosecuting attorneys to the treasurer of each county or city not within a county.

Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the prosecuting attorney in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

3.

Each calendar year, five thousand dollars of the salary shall be payable to any prosecuting attorney only if the prosecuting attorney has collected the data described in subsection 2 of section 56.750 in a manner approved by the prosecutors coordinators training council and makes the data described in subsection 2 of section 56.750 readily accessible to the Missouri office of prosecution services.

The Missouri office of prosecution services shall provide a certificate of compliance to each prosecuting attorney who complies with this subsection and shall send a list of any certified prosecuting attorney to the respective treasurer of each county or city not within a county.

4.

For each calendar year, three thousand dollars of the salary shall be payable to any prosecuting attorney only if the prosecuting attorney has provided discovery to criminal defense attorneys who have entered an appearance on behalf of a defendant in a manner approved by the prosecutors coordinators training council.

The Missouri office of prosecution services shall provide a certificate of compliance to each prosecuting attorney SS SCS HB 1825 24 who complies with this subsection and shall send a list of any certified prosecuting attorney to the respective treasurer of each county or city not within a county.

5.

As used in this section, the term "prosecuting attorney" includes the circuit attorney of any city not within a county.

6.

The prosecuting attorney of any county which becomes a county of the first classification during a four-year term of office or a county which passed the proposition authorized by subsection 1 of section 56.363 shall not be required to devote full time to such office pursuant to section 56.067 until the beginning of the prosecuting attorney's next term of office or until the proposition otherwise becomes effective.

7.

Notwithstanding any other prov ision of law to the contrary, any county with a vacancy in the office of prosecuting attorney for more than sixty days may consolidate with one contiguous county with a sitting prosecuting attorney upon a unanimous vote of the county commissions of such counties to establish a cooperative regional prosecuting attorney's office at any time.

The prosecuting attorney of the contiguous county shall then become the prosecuting attorney of that region for the remainder of that prosecuting attorney's term of office or until such time as the governor appoints a prosecuting attorney to fill the vacant prosecuting attorney position pursuant to section 105.030.

Regional prosecuting attorneys shall be designated as full-time prosecuting attorneys and shall be compensated in the manner provided under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section.

No two counties that each have sitting prosecuting attorneys shall be permitted to consolidate in the manner described in this section.

8.

The provisions of section 56.066 shall not apply to full-time prosecutors who are compensated pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section.

58.095.

1.

The county coroner in any county not having a charter form of government shall receive an annual salary computed on a basis as set forth in the following schedule, as well as any adjustment authorized under subsection [3] 4 of section 50.327.

The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of coroner on January 1, 2025:

Assessed Valuation Salary $18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $8,000 41,000,000 to 53,999,999 8,500 54,000,000 to 65,999,999 9,000 66,000,000 to 85,999,999 9,500 86,000,000 to 99,999,999 10,000 100,000,000 to 130,999,999 11,000 SS SCS HB 1825 25 131,000,000 to 159,999,999 12,000 160,000,000 to 189,999,999 13,000 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 14,000 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 15,000 300,000,000 or more 16,000 2.

(1) One thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the coroner, deputy coroner, and assistants only if the coroner, deputy coroner, or assistant has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year as presented by a state-recognized and -accredited or nationally recognized and accredited credentialing organization that certifies individuals to conduct death investigations.

Certified training completion shall be submitted to a professional association of the county coroners of Missouri which, upon validating the certified training, shall submit the individual's name to the county treasurer and department of health and senior services indicating the individual is compliant with the training requirements.

(2) Expenses incurred for attending the training session shall be reimbursed to the county coroner in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose to the extent that such expenses are not fully reimbursed under paragraph (c) of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 58.208.

3.

The county coroner in any county not having a charter form of government shall not, except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the salary commission, receive an annual compensation in an amount less than the total compensation being received for the office of county coroner in the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

4.

For the term beginning in 1997, the compensation of the coroner, in counties in which the salary commission has not voted to pay one hundred percent of the maximum allowable salary , shall be a percentage of the maximum allowable salary established by this section.

The percentage applied shall be the same percentage of the maximum allowable salary received or allowed, whichever is greater, to the presiding commissioner or sheriff, whichever is greater, of that county for the year beginning January 1, 1997.

In those counties in which the salary commission has voted to pay one hundred percent of the maximum allowable salary, the compensation of the coroner shall be based on the maximum allowable salary in effect at each time a coroner's term of office commences following the vote to pay one hundred percent of the maximum allowable compensation.

Subsequent compensation shall be determined as provided in section 50.333.

473.742.

1.

Each public administrator in counties of the second, third or fourth classification and in the City of St.

Louis shall make a determination within thirty days after SS SCS HB 1825 26 taking office whether such public administrator shall elect to receive a salary as defined herein or receive fees as may be allowed by law to executors, administrators and personal representatives.

The election by the public administrator shall be made in writing to the county clerk.

Should the public administrator elect to receive a salary, the public administrator's office may not then elect to change at any future time to receive fees in lieu of salary.

Every public administrator who begins his or her first term on or after January 1, 2024, shall be deemed to have elected to receive a salary as provided in this section.

2.

If a public administrator elects to be placed on salary, the salary shall be based upon the average number of open letters in the two years preceding the term when the salary is elected, based upon the following schedule:

(1) Zero to five letters:

salary shall be a minimum of seven thousand five hundred dollars;

(2) Six to fifteen letters:

salary shall be a minimum of fifteen thousand dollars;

(3) Sixteen to twenty-five letters:

salary shall be a minimum of twenty thousand dollars;

(4) Twenty-six to thirty-nine letters:

salary shall be a minimum of twenty-five thousand dollars;

(5) Public administrators with forty or more letters shall be considered full-time county officials and shall be paid according to the assessed valuation schedule set forth below:

Assessed Valuation Salary $ 8,000,000 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 to 449,999,999 $45,000 $ 450,000,000 to 599,999,999 $47,000 $ 600,000,000 to 749,999,999 $49,000 $ 750,000,000 to 899,999,999 $51,000 $ 900,000,000 to 1,049,999,999 $53,000 SS SCS HB 1825 27 $ 1,050,000,000 to 1,199,999,999 $55,000 $ 1,200,000,000 to 1,349,999,999 $57,000 $ 1,350,000,000 and over $59,000 (6) A public administrator with forty or more letters who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation Salary Under $51,000,000 $36,100 51,000,000 to 100,000,000 39,100 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 42,100 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 45,100 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 48,100 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 51,100 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 54,100 350,000,001 to 400,000,000 57,100 400,000,001 to 450,000,000 60,100 450,000,001 to 500,000,000 63,100 500,000,001 to 550,000,000 66,100 550,000,001 to 600,000,000 69,100 600,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 72,100 1,000,000,001 to 5,000,000,000 75,100 5,000,000,001 to 10,000,000,000 78,100 10,000,000,001 or more 81,100 (7) The public administrator in the City of St.

Louis shall receive a salary not than sixty-five thousand dollars;

[(7)] (8) Two thousand dollars of the compensation authorized in this section shall be payable to the public administrator only if he or she has completed at least twenty hours of instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the public administrator's office when approved by a professional association of the county public administrators 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 public administrator who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified public administrators to the treasurer of each county.

Expenses incurred for attending the training session shall be reimbursed to the county public administrator in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

SS SCS HB 1825 28 3.

If a public administrator is appointed by the court as both a guardian and a conservator to the same ward or protectee, it shall be considered two letters.

4.

Notwithstanding subsection 2 or 5 of this section to the contrary , upon majority approval by the salary commission, a public administrator may be paid according to the assessed valuation schedule set forth in subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this section.

If the salary commission elects to pay a public administrator according to the assessed valuation schedule, the salary commission shall not elect to change at any future time to pay the public administrator's office according to the average number of open letters in lieu of paying them according to the assessed valuation schedule.

5.

The initial compensation of the public administrator who elects to be put on salary shall be determined by the average number of letters for the two years preceding the term when the salary is elected.

Salary increases or decreases according to the minimum schedule set forth in this section shall be adjusted only after the number of open letters places the workload in a different subdivision for two consecutive years.

Minimum salary increases or decreases shall only take effect upon a new term of office of the public administrator.

The number of letters each year shall be determined in accordance with the reporting requirements set forth in law.

6.

All fees collected by a public administrator who elects to be salaried shall be deposited in the county treasury or with the treasurer for the City of St.

Louis.

7.

Any public administrator in a county of the first classification without a charter form of government with a population of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants who elects to receive fees in lieu of a salary pursuant to this section may elect to join the Missouri local government employees' retirement system created pursuant to sections 70.600 to 70.755.

8.

(1) A letter of guardianship and a letter of conservatorship shall be counted as separate letters.

(2) For purposes of this subsection, the following terms mean:

(a) "Letter of conservatorship", the appointment of a conservatorship of an estate by the court to a protectee adjudged to be disabled;

(b) "Letter of guardianship", the appointment of a guardianship by the court to a ward adjudged to be incapacitated.