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Committee advances bill to raise statutory cap on deputy pay
Summary
House Bill 486 would raise the statutory maximum for county deputy pay from 95% to 97% of the sheriff's salary, allowing sheriffs more room to grant raises to deputies; committee debated whether 'salary' in the statute should mean base salary or total compensation and agreed to handle clarifying language in executive action.
Representative Neil Durham presented House Bill 486 to the House Local Government Committee, saying the bill responds to constituent concerns that deputies could not receive raises because statutory ceilings were tied to other elected officers’ salaries. Durham said HB486 would raise the statutory maximum compensation for deputies from 95% to 97% of the sheriff’s salary across county classifications, giving sheriffs greater flexibility to increase…
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