Section 51.281

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

Chapter 51

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   

  51.281.  Compensation of certain county clerks — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation — certain fees may be retained (second, third and fourth class counties). — 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

  2.  Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the 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 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 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 the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

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(L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al. § 1, A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11)

CROSS REFERENCE:

Compensation in certain first classification counties, 50.343