§ 11-10-10 — Salaries of elected county officers

1. The salary of an elected county auditor, county treasurer, county superintendent of
schools, recorder, and sheriff must be regulated by the population in the respective
counties according to the last preceding official federal census from and after the date
when the official report of the census has been published. Notwithstanding any
decreases in population, the salaries paid county officers as of July 1, 1981, reduced
by any discretionary salary increase authorized by the county commissioners pursuant
to this section, must be at least the minimum amount payable for that office when filled
on a full-time basis in the future.
2. An elected county treasurer, county superintendent of schools, recorder, and county
auditor are entitled to the following minimum annual salary, payable monthly, for official
services rendered:

a. Nineteen thousand dollars in counties having a population of less than eight
thousand.
b. Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars in counties having a population of or
exceeding eight thousand plus additional compensation of one hundred dollars
per year for each one thousand additional population or major fraction thereof
over eight thousand. However, in counties where the population consists of more
than twenty-five percent Indians who have not severed tribal relations, the county
commissioners may adjust the salaries provided for in this subsection within the
limitations contained in this subdivision.
3. The county superintendent of schools is entitled to receive for any trips necessarily
made within the county in the performance of school district reorganization duties the
same mileage received under section 11-10-15. The board of county commissioners of
any county may, by resolution, increase the salary of any full-time county official
provided in this section, if, in the judgment of such board, by reason of duties
performed, the official merits the increase. The salary of a county official may not be
reduced during the official's term of office. Any county official performing duties on less
than a full-time basis may be paid a reduced salary set by the board of county
commissioners. If the county has for its employees a group insurance program for
hospital benefits, medical benefits, or life insurance, or a group retirement program,
financed in part or entirely by the county, the benefits may be in addition to the salaries
payable to county officials.
4. Each county commissioner may receive an annual salary or per diem as provided by
resolution of the board.
5. An elected sheriff is entitled to the following minimum annual salary, payable monthly,
for official services rendered:
a. Twenty-one thousand nine hundred dollars in counties having a population of less
than eight thousand.
b. Twenty-two thousand nine hundred dollars in counties having a population
exceeding eight thousand plus additional compensation of one hundred dollars
per year for each one thousand additional population or major fraction thereof
over eight thousand. However, in counties where the population consists of more
than twenty-five percent Indians who have not severed tribal relations, the county
commissioners may adjust the salaries provided for in this subsection within the
limitations contained in this subdivision.
6. An elected state's attorney in counties having a population exceeding thirty-five
thousand, or in other counties where the board of county commissioners has
determined by resolution that the state's attorney must be full time and may not be an
attorney or counsel for any party except the state or county, is entitled to receive a
minimum salary of forty-seven thousand dollars. State's attorneys not considered full
time are entitled to an annual salary of at least forty-five percent of the minimum salary
paid to a full-time state's attorney.