§ 36-2-13-2.8 — Payment of compensation from county general fund

Indiana § 36-2-13-2.8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 13: County Sheriff

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8. (a) In place of any other form of
compensation, including a salary contract entered into under section
2.5 of this chapter, a county may pay a sheriff's compensation as
provided in this section from the county general fund in the manner
that salaries of other county officials are paid. Subject to section 17 of
this chapter, the sheriff may retain the sheriff's tax warrant collection
fees (as described in IC 6-8.1-8-3).
(b) If a county pays a sheriff's compensation under this section, the
county fiscal body shall make an appropriation in the usual manner
from the county general fund for feeding prisoners. The sheriff or the
sheriff's officers, deputies, or employees may not make a profit from
the appropriation.
(c) Subject to section 17 of this chapter, a county that pays a
sheriff's compensation under this section shall pay the sheriff as
follows:
(1) In a county having a population of not more than twenty
thousand (20,000), the county must pay the sheriff an annual
salary that is equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the annual
minimum salary that would be paid by the state to a full-time
prosecuting attorney in the county.
(2) In a county having a population of:
(A) more than twenty thousand (20,000); and
(B) not more than forty thousand (40,000);
the county must pay the sheriff an annual salary that is equal to at
least sixty percent (60%) of the annual minimum salary that
would be paid by the state to a full-time prosecuting attorney in
the county.
(3) In a county having a population of:
(A) more than forty thousand (40,000); and
(B) not more than sixty-five thousand five hundred (65,500);
the county must pay the sheriff an annual salary that is equal to at
least seventy percent (70%) of the annual minimum salary that
would be paid by the state to a full-time prosecuting attorney in
the county.
(4) In a county having a population of:
(A) more than sixty-five thousand five hundred (65,500); and
(B) not more than one hundred thousand (100,000);
the county must pay the sheriff an annual salary that is equal to at
least eighty percent (80%) of the annual minimum salary that
would be paid by the state to a full-time prosecuting attorney in
the county.
(5) In a county having a population of:
(A) more than one hundred thousand (100,000); and
(B) not more than two hundred thousand (200,000);
the county must pay the sheriff an annual salary that is equal to at
least ninety percent (90%) of the annual minimum salary that
would be paid by the state to a full-time prosecuting attorney in
the county.
(6) In a county having a population of more than two hundred
thousand (200,000), the county must pay the sheriff an annual
salary that is equal to at least one hundred percent (100%) of the
annual minimum salary that would be paid by the state to a
full-time prosecuting attorney in the county.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.230-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.40-2008, SEC.3.