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Lawmaker: HB 370 won’t change pay; amendment added to block unintended probate fee increases
Summary
At a meeting reviewing HB 370, a sponsor said the bill clarifies how local elected officials’ pay is calculated and "does not raise or lower anyone's salary." Representative Stubbs read a corrective amendment to prevent certain probate fee increases; a motion was made but no roll-call tally appears in the transcript.
A review of HB 370 focused on clarifying how local elected officials’ compensation is adjusted, with the bill sponsor saying the measure "does not raise or lower anyone's salary" and proposing language to tie pay increases to an official’s own longevity rather than to another officeholder’s rate. Representative Stubbs read a corrective amendment intended to prevent the bill from inadvertently raising probate fees for some counties.
The bill affects a range of local offices, the sponsor said, including county commissioners, probate judges, sheriffs, tax assessors, tax collectors, revenue commissioners, licensed commissioners, and elected…
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