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Committee hears bill to raise deputies' pay ceiling from 95% to 97% of sheriff's salary
Summary
Representative Neil Duram presented House Bill 486 to allow higher maximum compensation for county deputies by increasing the statutory ceiling tied to the sheriff's salary. Sponsors and committee members discussed how base salary and longevity payments factor into the calculation.
Representative Neil Duram, sponsor of House Bill 486, told the Local Government Committee the bill would increase the statutory maximum deputy pay from 95 percent to 97 percent of the sheriff's salary in order to give counties and sheriffs more flexibility to raise deputy wages.
Duram said the bill resulted from a constituent's concern after school tours to the Capitol and from reviewing county pay practices. "The deputies are maxed out at 95%. My best attempt at finding a wage increase option for the deputies was to increase that max compensation for the deputies to…
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