§ 201 — Compensation of officers

New York § 201

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law CNT: County
• Art. 5: General Powers of Board of Supervisors

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§ 201. Compensation of officers. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral law other than this chapter or of any special law to the\ncontrary, each board of supervisors shall fix the salary of all officers\npaid from county funds, except the members of the judiciary. Such salary\nshall be in lieu of all fees, percentages, emoluments or other forms of\ncompensation payable for services rendered in the performance of the\npowers and duties of the office; provided however, that any such officer\n(1) required by law to reside at a county institution or (2) authorized\nby resolution of the board of supervisors, may be furnished maintenance\nor any part thereof at a county institution. Such maintenance furnished\non or after the first day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-five shall\nbe defined and the fair value thereof determined by resolution of the\nboard and the amount so determined shall constitute part of the salary\nfixed for any such officer.\n All fees, percentages, emoluments or other compensation received by\nany such officer by virtue of his office from whatever source shall\nbelong to the county and be paid into the county treasury monthly on or\nbefore the tenth day of the month. Each such deposit shall be\naccompanied by a statement in summary form of the sums so paid. The\nsalary of any such officer elected or appointed for a fixed term shall\nnot be increased or diminished during the term of his office, except as\nthe same may be increased as provided in paragraph h of subdivision two\nof section twenty-four of the municipal home rule law, and except as the\nsame may be increased in accordance with a schedule providing higher\nrates of compensation through additional increments of salary based on\ntime service. No new or amended schedule applicable to any such officer\nshall be enacted during the term of his office, except as provided in\nparagraph h of subdivision two of section twenty-four of the municipal\nhome rule law. This chapter shall not authorize any increase or decrease\nin compensation prohibited by section twelve of article thirteen of the\nstate constitution. The compensation of a county officer appointed for\nan indefinite term may be increased or diminished at any time. The\ncompensation of a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner may\nbe fixed at an annual salary or upon a per diem basis. Where coroners\nare compensated upon an annual salary basis, the salary of each shall be\nin the same amount except that the board of supervisors may determine by\nmajority vote to pay annual salaries in different amounts and in such\ncases the salaries may be fixed accordingly.\n This section shall not apply to the compensation of the members or of\nthe chairman of the board of supervisors.\n