To repeal sections 49.082, 50.334, 51.281, 52.269, 53.082, 53.270, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.600, 57.317 and 57.550, RSMo 1994, and sections 50.333, 50.343, 56.265, 58.095 and 58.700, RSMo Supp. 1996, relating to certain county officers, and to enact in lieu thereof twenty-one new sections relating to the same subject.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

Section A. Sections 49.082, 50.334, 51.281, 52.269, 53.082, 53.270, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.600, 57.317 and 57.550, RSMo 1994, and sections 50.333, 50.343, 56.265, 58.095 and 58.700, RSMo Supp. 1996, are repealed and twenty-one new sections enacted in lieu thereof to be known as sections 49.082, 50.333, 50.334, 50.343, 50.1034, 51.281, 52.269, 53.082, 53.270, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.265, 56.363, 56.365, 56.600, 57.317, 57.550, 58.095, 58.700, and 1, to read as follows:

49.082. 1. A county commissioner in any county, other than in a first [class] classification chartered county or a first [class] 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, subject to any other adjustment otherwise provided in this section, receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule. The [population factor shall be as disclosed by the last preceding federal decennial census and 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 [received by any person holding] being paid for the office of commissioner on January 1, [1988] 1997.

[Assessed Valuation Salary Less than $25,000,000 $15,000

25,000,001 to 50,000,000 15,500

50,000,001 to 75,000,000 16,000

75,000,001 to 100,000,000 16,500

100,000,001 to 125,000,000 17,000

125,000,001 to 150,000,000 18,000

150,000,001 to 200,000,000 19,000

200,000,001 to 300,000,000 20,000

300,000,001 to 400,000,000 21,000

400,000,001 to 500,000,000 22,000

500,000,001 or more 23,000

Population Amount Less than 25,000 $1,000

25,001 to 50,000 2,000

50,001 to 100,000 3,000

100,001 to 150,000 4,000

150,001 or more 5,0 00 ]< /b>

Assessed Valuation Salary

18,00 0,000 to 40,999,999 $19,140

41,000,000 to 53,9 99,999 19,800

54,000,000 to 65,999,999 21,120

66,000,000 to 85,999,999 22,440

86,000,000 to 99,999,999 23,760

100,000,000 to 130,999,999 25,080

131,000,000 to 159,999,999 26,400

160,000,000 to 189,999,999 27,060

190,000,000 to 249,999,999 27,390

250,000,000 to 299,999,999 28,380

300,000,000 or more 29,700

2. In addition to any compensation provided pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, the presiding commissioner of any [first class] county not having a charter form of government and containing any part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more shall receive two thousand dollars annual salary.

3. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to a commissioner only if [he] the commissioner has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the commissioner's office when approved by a professional association of the county commissioners 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 commissioner who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified commissioners to the treasurer of each county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to a county commissioner in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

4. A county commissioner in any county, other than a first [class] classification charter county or a first [class] 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 a 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 commissioner or presiding commissioner respectively for the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

50.333. 1. There shall be a salary commission in every nonchartered county.

2. The clerk 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 of the salary commission until the members of the commission elect a chairman from their number. Upon written request of a majority of the salary commission members the clerk of the circuit court shall forthwith set the earliest date possible for a meeting of the salary commission. The circuit clerk 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) The collector or treasurer ex officio collector;

(7) The treasurer or treasurer ex officio collector;

(8) The assessor;

(9) The auditor; [and]

(10) The public administrator[.]; and

(11) The coroner.

Members of the salary commission shall receive no additional compensation for their services as members of the salary commission. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 610.021 and 610.022, RSMo, all meetings of a 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. In every county, the salary commission shall meet at least once before November thirtieth of each odd-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 from their number. The county clerk shall present a report on the financial condition of the county to the commission once the chairman is [so] elected, and shall keep the minutes of the meeting.

6. 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 [above the 1988 base 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 [1988 base] 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 [the 1988 base] that compensation, all officers shall receive the same percentage decrease [from the difference between the 1988 base and the salary paid on September 1, 1987]. The commission may vote not to increase or decrease the [1988 base] compensation and [the 1988 base] that compensation shall continue to be the salary of such offices and officers during the subsequent term of office.

7. 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 from their number. The county clerk shall present a report on the financial condition of the county to the commission once the chairman is [so] 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 [the] their next general election[; however, until August 28, 1990, the compensation for all commissioners of the county commission shall be determined together at the meeting of the salary commission held in the year prior to the beginning of the next term for presiding commissioner and the compensation for the commissioners other than the presiding commissioner shall not be established or adjusted at any meeting of the salary commission at which the compensation of the presiding commissioner is not also established or adjusted. After August 28, 1990, salaries of associate commissioners shall be determined prior to their election; however, regardless of the percentage increase granted, associate commissioners shall not receive compensation in excess of the compensation received by the presiding commissioner]. 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 officer's salaries have been set at one hundred percent of the maximum allowable compensation, the commission may vote to increase the compensation of county officers or offices at that or any subsequent meeting of the salary commission without regard to any law or maximum limitation [previously] 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 [or population] during the current term. [If the salary commission votes to decrease the compensation, all officers and offices, except as otherwise provided in this subsection for county commissioners, shall receive the same percentage decrease; however, no salary or other compensation of county officers holding office on or after May 13, 1988, shall be decreased below the compensation being paid for the particular office on the date the salary commission votes, except upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the salary commission.] 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. 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 applicable decennial census or any change in] the last completed assessment that would affect the maximum allowable compensation for that office.

9. 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. [The salary commission in each county which did not adopt a salary level of one hundred percent in 1987 and, upon petition of two-thirds of the members of the salary commission, the salary commission of any other county shall meet within thirty days after May 13, 1988, to reconsider any action or failure to act prior to May 13, 1988. Any salary schedule adopted or adjustments made in a previous salary schedule at the meeting required by this subsection shall be certified to the clerk of the county commission within forty-five days after May 13, 1988, and shall become the salary schedule for that county for the current term of office and the term of office for those officers to be elected in 1988 in lieu of any salary schedule adopted prior to May 13, 1988.

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 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.

[12.] 11. 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[, and in counties where compensation is computed on both a population and an assessed valuation factor, total compensation allowable shall be the sum of both the population and the assessed valuation factors which are applicable to the population and assessed valuation of the particular county] 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. 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.

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 [class] classification having a charter form of government and counties of the first [class] 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 [his] the recorder's office [be] is separate from that of the circuit clerk, shall receive as total compensation for all services performed by [him] 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 [class] classification having a charter form of government or a county of the first [class] 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 [the date the salary commission votes] January 1, 1997.

[ASSESSED VALUATION SALARY

Less Than $25,000,000 $24,000

$ 25,000,001 - $ 50,000,000 $25,000

$ 50,000,001 - $ 75,000,000 $26,000

$ 75,000,001 - $ 100,000,000 $27,000

$ 100,000,001 - $ 125,000,000 $28,000

$ 125,000,001 - $ 150,000,000 $29,000

$ 150,000,001 - $ 200,000,000 $30,000

$ 200,000,001 - $ 300,000,000 $31,000

$ 300,000,001 - $ 400,000,000 $33,000

$ 400,000,001 - $ 500,000,000 $35,000

$ 500,000,001 - $ 750,000,000 $38,000

$ 750,000,001 - $1,000,000,000 $40,000

$1,000,000,001 or more $41,000]

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. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the 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 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 may be reimbursed to the county recorder in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

50.343. 1. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in any first [class] classification nonchartered county, including any county containing any part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, the annual salary of a county recorder of deeds, clerk, auditor, county commissioner, collector, treasurer, assessor or salaried public administrator may be computed on an assessed valuation basis as set forth in the following schedule except as provided in subsection 2 of this section. The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation. The provisions of this section shall permit a reduction in the amount of compensation [received by any person holding office as of May 13, 1988] being paid on January 1, 1997, for any of the offices subject to this section on January 1, 1997. Any person elected or appointed to the office of county recorder of deeds, clerk, auditor, county commissioner, collector, treasurer, or assessor in any first class nonchartered county, including any county containing any part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, in those counties where such office exists on August 28, 1990, shall devote full time to the duties of the office.

(1) For a recorder of deeds, clerk, auditor, presiding commissioner, collector, treasurer, assessor, or salaried public administrator:

[Assessed Valuation Salary

875,000,001 to 950,000,000 $37,000

950,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 38,000

1,000,000,001 to 1,025,000,000 38,500

1,025,000,001 to 1,050,000,000 39,000

1,050,000,001 to 1,075,000,000 39,500

1,075,000,001 to 1,100,000,000 40,000

1,100,000,001 to 1,200,000,000 40,500

1,200,000,001 to 1,300,000,000 41,000

1,300,000,001 to 1,400,000,000 41,500

1,400,000,001 to 1,500,000,000 42,000

1,500,000,001 to 1,600,000,000 42,500

1,600,000,001 to 1,700,000,000 43,000

1,700,000,001 to 1,800,000,000 43,500

1,800,000,001 to 1,900,000,000 44,000

1,900,000,001 to 2,000,000,000 44,500

2,000,000,001 or more 45,000]

Assessed Valuation Salary

450,000,001 to 600,000,000 $47,000

600,000,001 to 750,000,000 49,000

750,000,001 to 900,000,000 51,000

900,000,001 to 1,050,000,000 53,000

1,050,000,001 to 1,200,000,000 55,000

1,200,000,001 to 1,350,000,000 57,000

1,350,000,000 and over 59,000

(2) [Associate] Presiding commissioners shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars [less] more than the salary received by the [presiding commissioner] associate commissioners.

2. After December 31, 1990, in any county of the second [class] classification which becomes a first [class] classification county without a charter form of government, the annual compensation of county recorder of deeds, clerk, auditor, county commissioner, collector, treasurer, assessor and the public administrator in counties where the public administrator is paid a salary under the provisions of section 473.740, RSMo, may be set at the option of the salary commission. On or before October first of the year immediately prior to the beginning of the county fiscal year following the general election after the certification by the state equalizing agency that the county possesses an assessed valuation placing it in first [class] classification status, the salary commission shall meet for the purpose of setting compensation for such county officials and such compensation shall be payable upon the beginning of the next term of office of such officers; except that no compensation of any county official shall be reduced and the compensation of [associate] presiding county commissioners in any of such counties shall be two thousand dollars [less] more than the compensation paid to the [presiding commissioner] associate commissioners in that county. Thereafter in all such counties the salary commission shall meet [pursuant to subsections 1 to 5 of section 50.333] for the purpose of setting the compensation of the officers in this subsection who will be elected at the next general election, and such compensation shall be payable upon the beginning of the next term of office of such officers; except that, no compensation of any officer shall be reduced and the compensation of [associate] presiding county commissioners in any of such counties shall be two thousand dollars [less] more than the compensation paid to the [presiding commissioner] associate commissioners in that county. Two thousand dollars of the compensation established under the procedures authorized pursuant to this subsection shall be payable to a county officer only if [such] the officer has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction in the operation of [his] the office in the same manner as provided by law for officers subject to the provisions of section 50.333. 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, not to exceed the percentage increase given to the other county employees.

3. Other provisions of this section to the contrary notwithstanding, at the option of a majority of the county salary commission members, the salary of associate commissioners of a county of the first classification without a charter form of government with a population of at least eighty-two thousand but not more than eighty-five thousand inhabitants may be set at no more than sixty-five percent of the amount on the salary schedule for the county affected.

50.1034. 1. Should any error result in any member or beneficiary receiving more or less than he or she should have been entitled to receive had the error not occurred, the board shall correct such error and, as far as practicable, make future payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was entitled shall be paid, and to this end may recover any overpayment.

2. A person who knowingly makes a false statement, or falsifies or permits to be falsified a record of the system, in an attempt to defraud the system is subject to fine or imprisonment pursuant to the Missouri revised statutes.

3. The board of trustees of the county employees' retirement system shall cease paying benefits to any survivor or beneficiary who is charged with the intentional killing of a member without legal excuse or justification. A survivor or beneficiary who is convicted of such charge shall no longer be entitled to receive benefits. If the survivor or beneficiary is not convicted of such charge, the board shall resume payment of benefits and shall pay the survivor or beneficiary any benefits that were suspended pending resolution of such charge.

51.281. 1. The county clerk in any county, other than in a first [class] 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 [received by any person holding] being paid for the office of clerk on January 1, [1988] 1997.

[Assessed Valuation Salary Less than $25,000,000 $26,500

25,000,001 to 50,000,000 27,500

50,000,001 to 75,000,000 28,500

75,000,001 to 100,000,000 29,500 100,000,001 to 125,000,000 30,500

125,000,001 to 150,000,000 31,500

150,000,001 to 200,000,000 32,500

200,000,001 to 300,000,000 33,500

300,000,001 to 400,000,000 34,500

400,000,001 to 500,000,000 36,500

500,000,001 to 750,000,000 39,500

750,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 41,500 1,000,000,001 or more 42,500]

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. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the clerk only if [he] 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 association of the county clerks 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 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. 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. The county clerk in any county, other than a first [class] classification charter county or a first [class] 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 the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

52.269. 1. In all counties, except first [class] classification counties having a charter form of government and first [class] 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 [a combination population-] an assessed valuation basis as provided in this subsection. The [population factor shall be as disclosed by the last preceding federal decennial census and 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[, except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the salary commission,] 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, RSMo. 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:

[Population Salary Assessed Valuation Salary

5,000 or less $11,000 $10,000,000 or less $5,000

5,001 to 7,500 11,250 10,000,001 to 11,000,000 6,000

7,501 to 10,000 11,500 11,000,001 to 12,000,000 7,000

10,001 to 12,500 11,750 12,000,001 to 13,000,000 8,000

12,501 to 15,000 12,000 13,000,001 to 14,000,000 9,000

15,001 to 17,500 12,250 14,000,001 to 15,000,000 10,000

17,501 to 20,000 12,500 15,000,001 to 16,000,000 10,500

20,001 to 22,500 12,750 16,000,001 to 17,000,000 10,750

22,501 to 25,000 13,000 17,000,001 to 18,000,000 11,000

25,001 to 27,500 13,250 18,000,001 to 19,000,000 11,250

27,501 to 30,000 13,500 19,000,001 to 20,000,000 11,500

30,001 to 32,500 13,750 20,000,001 to 22,500,000 12,000

32,501 to 35,000 14,000 22,500,001 to 25,000,000 12,500

35,001 to 37,500 14,250 25,000,001 to 27,500,000 13,000

37,501 to 40,000 14,500 27,500,001 to 30,000,000 13,500

40,001 to 45,000 14,750 30,000,001 to 35,000,000 14,000

45,001 to 50,000 15,000 35,000,001 to 40,000,000 14,500

50,001 to 55,000 15,250 40,000,001 to 45,000,000 15,000

55,001 to 60,000 15,500 45,000,001 to 50,000,000 15,500

60,001 to 65,000 15,750 50,000,001 to 60,000,000 16,000

65,001 to 70,000 16,000 60,000,001 to 70,000,000 16,500

70,001 to 80,000 16,250 70,000,001 to 80,000,000 17,000

80,001 to 90,000 16,500 80,000,001 to 90,000,000 17,500

90,001 to 100,000 16,750 90,000,001 to 100,000,000 18,000

100,001 to 125,000 17,000 100,000,001 to 125,000,000 18,500

125,001 to 150,000 17,250 125,000,001 to 150,000,000 19,000

150,001 to 175,000 17,500 150,000,001 to 175,000,000 19,500

175,001 to 200,000 17,750 175,000,001 to 200,000,000 19,750

200,001 to 250,000 18,000 200,000,001 to 225,000,000 20,000

250,001 to 300,000 18,250 225,000,001 to 250,000,000 20,500

300,001 to 350,000 18,500 250,000,001 to 275,000,000 20,500

350,001 to 400,000 18,750 275,000,001 to 300,000,000 21,000

400,001 to 500,000 19,000 300,000,001 to 400,000,000 21,250

500,001 or more 19,000 400,000,001 or more 21,500]

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. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the collector only if [he] 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 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. 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. Any fee which may be retained by the collector under the terms of such contract may be retained in addition to all other compensation provided by law.

4. 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 [class] 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 permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation [received by any person holding] being paid for the office of assessor on [January 1, 1988] September 1, 1997.

[Assessed Valuation Salary

$0 to 20,000,000 $25,900

20,000,001 to 25,000,000 26,400

25,000,001 to 30,000,000 26,900

30,000,001 to 40,000,000 28,900

40,000,001 to 50,000,000 29,400

50,000,001 to 55,000,000 29,900

55,000,001 to 60,000,000 30,400

60,000,001 to 65,000,000 30,900

65,000,001 to 70,000,000 31,400

70,000,001 to 100,000,000 32,400 100,000,001 to 150,000,000 32,900 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 33,400 200,000,001 to 250,000,000 33,900 250,000,001 to 300,000,000 34,400 300,000,001 to 350,000,000 34,900 350,000,001 to 450,000,000 35,400 450,000,001 to 550,000,000 35,900 550,000,001 to 750,000,000 36,400 750,000,001 or more 36,900]

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 85,999,9 99 34,000

86,000,000 to 99,999,999 36,000< /b>

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

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

160,000,000 to 189,999,99941,000

190,000,000 to 249,999,99941,500

250,000,000 to 299,999,99943,000

300,000,000 or more45,000

2. 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 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.

[2.] 3. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the assessor only if [he] 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 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.

[3.] 4. The county assessor in any county, except a first [class] 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.

53.270. Any county assessor who has served for sixteen or more consecutive years as [a county] an assessor shall be exempt from attending or completing any course of study or classroom instruction required by this chapter to receive any additional compensation. Such assessor shall receive all increases in compensation granted to county assessors who complete such classroom instruction or course of study. If such assessor elects to attend or complete such study or classroom instruction his expenses shall be reimbursed.

54.261. 1. [The county treasurer shall, except as provided pursuant to section 50.333, RSMo, and this section, receive as compensation for services performed an annual base salary as follows: county treasurers of counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and containing a portion of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, six thousand five hundred dollars; county treasurers of counties of the second class, five thousand dollars; county treasurers of counties of the third class, three thousand five hundred dollars; and county treasurers of counties of the fourth class, two thousand dollars.

2. In addition to the annual base salary,] The county treasurer in counties of the first [class] 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 [class] classifications of this state, shall receive as compensation for services performed by [him] the treasurer an annual salary [which shall equal the sum of two variable amounts, one based upon the population of the county and the other] based upon the assessed valuation of the county. The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of treasurer on January 1, 1997.

[3. The amount of salary based upon population as disclosed by the last preceding federal decennial census shall be computed according to the following schedule:

County Population Salary

Less than 4,000 $ 5,670

4,000 to 5,000 5,760

5,001 to 6,000 5,850

6,001 to 7,000 5,940

7,001 to 8,000 6,030

8,001 to 9,000 6,120

9,001 to 10,000 6,210

10,001 to 12,500 6,300

12,501 to 15,000 6,390

15,001 to 17,500 6,480

17,501 to 20,000 6,570

20,001 to 25,000 6,660

25,001 to 30,000 6,750

30,001 to 35,000 6,840

35,001 to 40,000 7,020

40,001 to 45,000 7,200

45,001 to 50,000 7,380

50,001 to 60,000 7,560

60,001 to 70,000 7,740

70,001 to 80,000 8,010

80,001 to 90,000 8,280

90,001 to 100,000 8,460

100,001 to 125,000 8,730

125,001 to 150,000 9,000

150,001 to 175,000 9,270

175,001 to 200,000 9,540

200,001 to 225,000 9,810

225,001 to 250,000 10,080

250,001 to 275,000 10,440

275,001 to 300,000 10,800

300,001 to 325,000 11,160

325,001 to 350,000 11,520

350,001 to 400,000 11,970

400,001 to 450,000 12,420

450,001 to 500,000 12,870

500,001 or more 13,320

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

[County Assessed Valuation Salary

Less than 10,000,000 $3,600

10,000,001 to 11,000,000 5,580

11,000,001 to 12,000,000 5,670

12,000,001 to 13,000,000 5,760

13,000,001 to 14,000,000 5,850

14,000,001 to 15,000,000 5,940

15,000,001 to 16,000,000 6,030

16,000,001 to 17,000,000 6,120

17,000,001 to 18,000,000 6,210

18,000,001 to 19,000,000 6,300

19,000,001 to 20,000,000 6,390

20,000,001 to 22,500,000 6,570

22,500,001 to 25,000,000 6,750

25,000,001 to 27,500,000 6,930

27,500,001 to 30,000,000 7,110

30,000,001 to 32,500,000 7,290

32,500,001 to 35,000,000 7,470

35,000,001 to 37,500,000 7,650

37,500,001 to 40,000,000 7,830

40,000,001 to 42,500,000 8,010

42,500,001 to 45,000,000 8,190

45,000,001 to 47,500,000 8,370

47,500,001 to 50,000,000 8,550

50,000,001 to 55,000,000 8,775

55,000,001 to 60,000,000 9,000

60,000,001 to 65,000,000 9,225

65,000,001 to 70,000,000 9,450

70,000,001 to 75,000,000 9,675

75,000,001 to 80,000,000 9,900

80,000,001 to 85,000,000 10,125

85,000,001 to 90,000,000 10,350

90,000,001 to 95,000,000 10,575

95,000,001 to 100,000,000 10,800

100,000,001 to 125,000,000 11,070

125,000,001 to 150,000,000 11,340

150,000,001 to 175,000,000 11,610

175,000,001 to 200,000,000 11,880

200,000,001 to 225,000,000 12,150

225,000,001 to 250,000,000 12,420

250,000,001 to 275,000,000 12,690

275,000,001 to 300,000,000 12,960

300,000,001 to 325,000,000 13,230

325,000,001 to 350,000,000 13,500

350,000,001 to 375,000,000 13,770

375,000,001 to 400,000,000 14,040

400,000,001 to 425,000,000 14,310

425,000,001 to 450,000,000 14,580

450,000,001 to 475,000,000 14,850

475,000,001 to 500,000,000 15,120

500,000,001 to 525,000,000 15,390

525,000,001 to 550,000,000 15,660

550,000,001 to 575,000,000 15,930

575,000,001 to 600,000,000 16,200

600,000,001 to 625,000,000 16,470

625,000,001 to 650,000,000 16,740

650,000,001 to 675,000,000 17,010

675,000,001 to 700,000,000 17,280

700,000,001 to 725,000,000 17,550

725,000,001 to 750,000,000 17,820

750,000,001 to 775,000,000 18,090

775,000,001 to 800,000,000 18,360

800,000,001 to 825,000,000 18,630

825,000,001 to 850,000,000 18,900

850,000,001 to 875,000,000 19,170

875,000,001 to 900,000,000 19,440

900,000,001 to 925,000,000 19,710

925,000,001 to 950,000,000 19,980

950,000,001 to 975,000,000 20,250

975,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 20,520 1,000,000,001 to 1,025,000,000 20,790 1,025,000,001 to 1,050,000,000 21,060 1,050,000,001 to 1,075,000,000 21,330

1,075,000,001 to 1,100,000,000 21,600

1,100,000,001 to 1,125,000,000 21,870

1,125,000,001 to 1,150,000,000 22,140

1,150,000,001 to 1,175,000,000 22,410

1,175,000,001 to 1,200,000,000 22,680

1,200,000,001 to 1,225,000,000 22,950

1,225,000,001 or more 23,220]

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 189,999,99930,340

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

[5.] 3. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the treasurer only if [he] 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.

[6.] 4. The county treasurer in any county, other than a county of the first [class] classification having a charter form of government or a county of the first [class] 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. 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.

54.320. 1. The county treasurer ex officio collector in counties of the third and fourth [classes] classifications adopting township organization shall receive an annual salary as set forth in the following schedule. The [population factor shall be as disclosed by the last preceding federal decennial census and the] assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation. A county treasurer ex officio collector subject to the provisions of this section 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 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 treasurer ex officio collector shall receive the same percentage adjustments provided by county salary commissions for county officers in that county pursuant to section 50.333, RSMo. 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:

[Population Salary Assessed Valuation Salary

5,000 or less $7,500 $10,000,000 or less $5,500

5,001 to 7,500 7,750 10,000,001 to 11,000,000 6,500

7,501 to 10,000 8,000 11,000,001 to 12,000,000 7,500

10,001 to 12,500 8,250 12,000,001 to 13,000,000 8,500

12,501 to 15,000 8,500 13,000,001 to 14,000,000 9,500

15,001 to 17,500 8,750 14,000,001 to 15,000,000 10,500

17,501 to 20,000 9,000 15,000,001 to 16,000,000 11,000

20,001 to 22,500 9,250 16,000,001 to 17,000,000 11,250

22,501 to 25,000 9,500 17,000,001 to 18,000,000 11,500

25,001 to 27,500 9,750 18,000,001 to 19,000,000 11,750

27,501 to 30,000 10,000 19,000,001 to 20,000,000 12,000

30,001 to 32,500 10,250 20,000,001 to 22,500,000 12,500

32,501 to 35,000 10,500 22,500,001 to 25,000,000 13,000

35,001 to 37,500 10,750 25,000,001 to 27,500,000 13,500

37,501 to 40,000 11,000 27,500,001 to 30,000,000 14,000

40,001 to 45,000 11,250 30,000,001 to 35,000,000 14,500

45,001 to 50,000 11,500 35,000,001 to 40,000,000 15,000

50,001 to 55,000 11,750 40,000,001 to 45,000,000 15,500

55,001 to 60,000 12,000 45,000,001 to 50,000,000 16,000

60,001 to 65,000 12,250 50,000,001 to 60,000,000 16,500

65,001 to 70,000 12,500 60,000,001 to 70,000,000 17,000

70,001 to 80,000 12,750 70,000,001 to 80,000,000 17,500

80,001 to 90,000 13,000 80,000,001 to 90,000,000 18,000

90,001 to 100,000 13,250 90,000,001 to 100,000,000 18,500

100,001 to 125,000 13,500 100,000,001 to 125,000,000 19,000

125,001 to 150,000 13,750 125,000,001 to 150,000,000 20,000

150,001 to 175,000 14,000 150,000,001 to 175,000,000 20,500

175,001 or more 14,250 175,000,001 or more 21,500]

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 to 449,999,999 45,000

In addition, the ex officio collector shall be allowed to retain a commission 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 ex officio collector shall be allowed a commission of three percent on all licenses, and all taxes, including current taxes, back taxes, delinquent taxes and interest collected by [him] the ex officio collector, to be deducted from the amounts collected. The three percent allowed to be retained shall be withheld on behalf of the county and shall be deposited in the county treasury or as provided by law and beginning January 1, 1989, the two percent allowed to be retained for collection of all back taxes and delinquent taxes shall be withheld on behalf of the county and shall be deposited in the county treasury or as provided by law. The treasurer ex officio collector in each of the third and fourth [class] 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 1992 or 1993, whichever is greater.

2. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the treasurer ex officio collector only if [he] such officer has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the treasurer ex officio collector'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 ex officio collector who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified treasurer ex officio collectors to the county commission of each county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county treasurer ex officio collector 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 [class] classification chartered county or a first [class] 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 [received by any person holding] being paid for the office of auditor on January 1, [1988] 1997.

[Assessed Valuation Salary

100,000,001 to 125,000,000 $28,000

125,000,001 to 150,000,000 29,000

150,000,001 to 200,000,000 30,000

200,000,001 to 300,000,000 31,000

300,000,001 to 400,000,000 33,000

400,000,001 to 500,000,000 35,000

500,000,001 to 750,000,000 38,000

750,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 40,000 1,000,000,001 or more 41,000]

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

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. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the auditor only if [he] 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 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. The county auditor in any county, other than a first [class] 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 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 first [class] classification chartered county, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule. [The population factor shall be as disclosed in the last preceding federal decennial census and] 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 [received by any person holding] being paid for the office of prosecuting attorney on January 1, [1988] 1997.

(1) For a full-time prosecutor in a county of the first classification, the annual salary for such prosecutor may, at the discretion of the salary commission, be equal to the annual salary of an associate circuit judge pursuant to section 478.018, RSMo, as adjusted by cost-of-living adjustments, and any cost-of-living adjustments authorized after August 28, 1997;

(2) For a full-time prosecutor in a county of the [first or second class] second classification:

[Assessed Valuation Amount

$100,000,000 to 200,000,000 $36,000

200,000,001 to 300,000,000 38,000

300,000,001 to 400,000,000 41,000

400,000,001 to 500,000,000 44,000

500,000,001 to 750,000,000 46,000

750,000,001 to 1,000,000,000 48,000

1,000,000,001 or more 50,000

Population Amount

Less than 50,000 $ 9,000

50,001 to 75,000 11,000

75,001 to 100,000 12,000

100,001 or more 13,000]

Assessed ValuationAmount

$450,000,001 to 600,000,000 $58,000

600,000,001 to 750,000,00060,000

750,000,001 to 900,000,00062,000

900,000,001 to 1,050,000,00064,000

1,050,000,001 to 1,200,000,00066,000

1,200,000,001 to 1,350,000,00068,000

1,350,000,001 or more70,000

[(2)] (3) For a part-time prosecutor in a second [class] classification county:

[Assessed Valuation Amount

$00 to 50,000,000 $35,000

50,000,001 to 100,000,000 36,000

100,000,001 to 150,000,000 37,000

150,000,001 to 170,000,000 39,000

170,000,001 to 250,000,000 40,000

250,000,001 to 300,000,000 41,000

300,000,001 to 350,000,000 42,000

350,000,001 to 400,000,000 43,000

400,000,001 or more 44,000

Population Amount

Less than 20,000 $ 1,000

20,001 to 30,000 2,000

30,001 to 40,000 3,000

40,001 to 75,000 4,000

75,001 or more 5,000]

Assessed Valuation Amount

131,000,000 to 189,999,999 $46,400

190,000,000 to 249,999,999 48,000

250,000,000 to 299,999,999 49,600

300,000,000 to 399,999,999 51,200

400,000,000 to 499,999,999 52,800

500,000,000 or more 54,400

[(3)] (4) In second [class] classification counties having part-time prosecutors and which contain facilities which are operated by the department of corrections with a total average yearly inmate population in excess of two thousand persons, the prosecuting attorney shall receive thirteen thousand dollars per annum in addition to all other compensation provided by law; however, the total annual compensation of such prosecuting attorney holding office on January 1, 1988, shall not be increased by more than nine thousand dollars above the compensation which he is receiving on January 1, 1988, during the term of office he is serving at that time. The provisions of this subdivision shall expire on December 31, 1998.

[(4)] (5) For a part-time prosecutor in a county of the third or fourth [class] classification:

[Assessed Valuation Amount

Less than $25,000,000 $30,000

25,000,001 to 50,000,000 31,000

50,000,001 to 75,000,000 32,000

75,000,001 to 100,000,000 33,000 100,000,001 to 125,000,000 34,000 125,000,001 to 150,000,000 35,000 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 36,000 200,000,001 to 300,000,000 37,000 300,000,001 to 400,000,000 38,000 400,000,001 to 500,000,000 39,000 500,000,001 or more 40,000

Population Amount

Less than 25,000 $ 1,000

25,001 to 50,000 2,000

50,001 to 100,000 3,000 100,001 to 150,000 4,000 150,001 or more 5,000]

Assessed Valuation Amount

$18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $37,000

41,000,000 to 53,999,999 38,000

54,000,000 to 65,999,999 39,000

66,000,000 to 85,999,999 41,000

86,000,000 to 99,999,999 43,000

100,000,000 to 130,999,999 45,000

131,000,000 to 159,999,999 47,000

160,000,000 to 189,999,99949,000

190,000,000 to 249,999,99951,000

250,000,000 to 299,999,99953,000

300,000,000 or more55,000

[(5) For a circuit attorney in a city not within a county, the annual salary shall be sixty-four thousand dollars until December 31, 1993.]

2. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the prosecuting attorney only if [he] 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. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county prosecuting attorney in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

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

4. [The prosecuting attorney in any county, other than a first class charter 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 prosecuting attorney in the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

5.] In a county of the first [class] classification, which was a county of the second [class] classification on January 1, 1988, and in which the circuit court sits in two different cities, the prosecuting attorney shall be part time and the compensation shall be five percent less than the formula provided for prosecuting attorney compensation in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section.

5. The provisions of section 56.067, to the contrary notwithstanding, the prosecuting attorney of any county of the second classification which becomes a county of the first classification after December 31, 1996, shall not be required to devote full time until the expiration of the prosecuting attorney's current term of office.

56.363. The county commission of any county may on its own motion and shall upon the petition of ten percent of the total number of people who voted in the previous general election in the county submit to the voters at a general or special election the proposition of making the county prosecutor a full-time position. The commission shall cause notice of the election to be published in a newspaper published within the county, or if no newspaper is published within the county, in a newspaper published in an adjoining county, for three weeks consecutively, the last insertion of which shall be at least ten days and not more than thirty days before the day of the election, and by posting printed notices thereof at three of the most public places in each township in the county. The proposition shall be put before the voters substantially in the following form:

Shall the office of prosecuting attorney be made a full-time position in ............... County?

[ ] Yes [ ] No

If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of making the county prosecutor a full-time position, it shall become effective upon the date that the prosecutor who is elected at the next election subsequent to the passage of such proposal is sworn into office.

56.365. In any county in which the voters have passed the proposition pursuant to section 56.363, the prosecuting attorney shall devote full time to the prosecuting attorney's office, and, except for the performance of official duties, shall not engage in the practice of law.

56.600. For the performance of additional duties imposed by section 32 of article I of the Missouri Constitution and the additional duties imposed by the 1992 revision of section 546.630, RSMo, beginning on January 1, [1994] 1998, the circuit attorney shall receive an annual salary of [sixty-nine thousand nine hundred] eighty-six thousand dollars and this salary shall constitute [his] the sole compensation for all duties required to be performed by [him] the circuit attorney under the law. The circuit attorney's fees shall continue to be taxed as heretofore, but when collected shall be turned into the treasury of the city. All circuit attorney's fees in criminal cases not paid by the state shall be collected by the circuit clerk or responsible clerk and [by him] paid into the treasury of the city. When such fees are paid by the state, they shall be paid into the city treasury in the manner now provided by law.

57.317. 1. The county sheriff in any county, other than in a first [class] classification chartered county, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule. The [population factor shall be as disclosed by the last preceding federal decennial census and 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 [received by any person holding] being paid for the office of sheriff on January 1, [1988] 1997.

[Assessed Valuation Salary Less than $25,000,000 $30,000

25,000,001 to 50,000,000 31,000

50,000,001 to 75,000,000 32,000

75,000,001 to 100,000,000 33,000 100,000,001 to 125,000,000 34,000 125,000,001 to 150,000,000 35,000 150,000,001 to 200,000,000 36,000 200,000,001 to 300,000,000 37,000 300,000,001 to 400,000,000 38,000 400,000,001 to 500,000,000 39,000 500,000,001 or more 40,000

Population Amount Less than 25,000 $2,000

25,001 to 50,000 3,000

50,001 to 100,000 4,000 100,001 to 150,000 5,000 150,001 or more 6,000]

Assessed Valuation Salary

$18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $36,000

41,000,000 to 53,999,999 37,000

54,000,000 to 65,999,999 38,000

66,000,000 to 85,999,999 39,000

86,000,000 to 99,999,999 40,000

100,000,000 to 130,999,999 42,000

131,000,000 to 159,999,999 44,000

160,000,000 to 189,999,999 45,000

190,000,000 to 249,999,999 46,000

250,000,000 to 299,999,999 48,000

300,000,000 to 449,999,999 50,000

450,000,000 to 599,999,999 52,000

600,000,000 to 749,999,999 54,000

750,000,000 to 899,999,999 56,000

900,000,000 to 1,049,999,999 58,000

1,050,000,000 to 1,199,999,999 60,000

1,200,000,000 to 1,349,999,999 62,000

1,350,000,000 and over 64,000

2. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the sheriff only if [he] the sheriff has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the sheriff's office when approved by a professional association of the county sheriffs 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 sheriff who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified sheriffs to the treasurer of each county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county sheriff in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

3. The county sheriff in any county, other than a first [class] 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 of county sheriff in the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

57.550. The sheriff of the city of St. Louis shall receive for his services the sum of [sixty] sixty-five thousand dollars per annum. Said sum and the compensation of his deputies and assistants shall be paid out of the treasury of the city of St. Louis in equal semimonthly installments. For additional duties hereunder imposed, the sheriff shall mail all petit jury summons.

58.095. 1. The county coroner in any county, other than in a first [class] classification chartered county, shall receive an annual salary computed on a [combination class-population] basis as set forth in the following schedule. [The population factor shall be as disclosed by the last federal decennial census.] The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation [received by any person holding] being paid for the office of coroner on January 1, [1988] 1997:

[Population Salary Less than 10,000 $5,500 10,000 to 15,000 6,000 15,001 to 20,000 6,500 20,001 to 24,000 7,000 24,001 to 30,000 7,500 30,001 or more 8,000]

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

100,000,0 00 to 130,999,999 11,000

131,000,000 to 159,999,99912,000

160,000,000 to 189,999,99913,000

190,000,000 to 249,999,99914,000

250,000,000 to 299,999,99915,000

300,000,000 or more16,000

2. One thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the coroner only if [he] the coroner has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the coroner's office when approved by a professional association of the county coroners 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 coroner who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified coroners to the treasurer of each county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county coroner in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

3. The county coroner in any county, other than a first [class] classification charter 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 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, RSMo.

5. Effective January 1, 1997, the county coroner in any county, other than a county of the first classification with a charter form of government, may, upon the approval of the county commission, receive additional compensation for any month during which investigations or other services are performed for three or more decedents in the same incident during such month. The additional compensation shall be an amount that when added to the regular compensation the sum shall equal the monthly compensation of the county sheriff.

58.700. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 and subsection 3 of this section, the governing body of all counties of the second [class] classification which prior to January 1, 1975, have a population of more than one hundred twenty thousand and less than two hundred thousand and all counties of the first [class] classification not having a charter form of government shall appoint a county medical examiner and set his compensation.

2. The county governing body of any county of the first [class] classification which has a population of at least ninety thousand but less than ninety-one thousand inhabitants and the county governing body of any county of the first classification which has a population of at least sixty thousand but less than seventy thousand inhabitants which borders a county of the third classification which has a population of at least thirty-five thousand inhabitants may, within one year after becoming a county of the first [class] classification, elect to retain the office of coroner as set forth in this chapter, or may appoint a county medical examiner within such year or at any time thereafter, except that any decision to appoint a county medical examiner after such year shall be made at least one year prior to the expiration of the term of office of the county coroner. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the governing body of the county shall set the compensation of the coroner or medical examiner without regard to any schedule.

     3. The county governing body of any county which becomes a county of the first classification after December 31, 1998, may, within one year after becoming a county of the first classification, adopt an order retaining the county coroner until such time as the county commission subsequently adopts an order appointing a medical examiner. Any subsequent decision to appoint a county medical examiner shall be made at least one year prior to the expiration of the term of office of the county coroner. The governing body of the county shall set the compensation of the coroner or medical examiner without regard to any schedule.

     Section 1. Every ten years after the effective date of this section, a review of county salaries shall be made by the general assembly. A committee consisting of three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker and three members of the senate appointed by the president pro tem shall carry out the review. The committee shall complete its review by December thirty-first of the year in which the committee is appointed. Legislation to revise the then existing salary schedules may be filed at the next following session of the general assembly.