Section 25-3-13 - Salaries of supervisors(1) The salaries of the members of the boards of supervisors of the various counties are fixed as full compensation for their services. The annual salary of each member of the board of supervisors shall be based upon the total assessed valuation of his respective county for the preceding taxable year in the following categories and shall be approved by the board of supervisors up to the following amounts, except as otherwise provided under subsection (2) of this section:
(a) For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Thirty-three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($33,500.00);(b) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Thirty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($37,500.00);(c) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Forty Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($40,500.00);(d) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Forty-one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($41,500.00);(e) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00);(f) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), but less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);(g) For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), but less than Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Fifty-two Thousand Dollars ($52,000.00);(h) For counties having a total assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary not to exceed Fifty-four Thousand Dollars ($54,000.00).(2) From and after January 1, 2024, the salary of the members of the boards of supervisors may be increased by an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) over the amounts set under subsection (1) of this section, and from and after January 1, 2028, the salary of the members of the boards of supervisors may be increased by an amount not to exceed Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) over the amounts set under subsection (1) of this section. If the board of supervisors approves a salary increase under this subsection effective during any fiscal year, then the members of that board of supervisors are not eligible for any additional salary increases for that fiscal year. The salary of the members of the board of supervisors shall not be increased under this subsection in the last year of the supervisors' term.(3) The annual salary established for the members of the board of supervisors shall not be reduced as a result of a reduction in total assessed valuation.(4) The salary of the members of the board of supervisors shall not be increased under this section until the board of supervisors shall have passed a resolution stating the amount of the increase and spread it on its minutes.(5) No state revenue shall be used to pay any salary increase authorized under this section.Codes, 1942, §§ 4166-01, 4166-02; Laws, 1970, ch. 318, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1972, ch. 371, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 543, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 457; Laws, 1980, ch. 477; Laws, 1985, ch. 402; Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 550, § 6; Laws, 1997, ch. 570, § 4; Laws, 2004, ch. 505, § 2; Laws, 2006, ch. 435, § 1, eff. 6/28/2006 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 304, SB 2719,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 485, SB 2827,§ 4, eff. 1/1/2020.