EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1128
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CRAWFORD.
5461S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 50.327 and 58.095, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating
to the compensation of county coroners.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 50.327 and 58.095, RSMo, are repealed 1
and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as 2
sections 50.327 and 58 .095, to read as follows:3
50.327. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 1
law to the contrary, the salary schedules contained in 2
sections 49.082, 50.334, 50.343, 51.281, 51.282, 52.269, 3
53.082, 53.083, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, 56.265, [58.095,] 4
and 473.742 shall be set as a base schedule for those county 5
officials. Except when it is necessary to increase newly 6
elected or reelected county officials' salaries, in 7
accordance with Section 13, Article VII, Constitution of 8
Missouri, to comply w ith the requirements of this section, 9
the salary commission in all counties except charter 10
counties in this state shall be responsible for the 11
computation of salaries of all county officials except 12
county coroners; provided, however, that any percentag e 13
salary adjustments in a county shall be equal for all such 14
officials in that county excluding the county coroner . 15
2. Upon majority approval of the salary commission, 16
the annual compensation of part -time prosecutors contained 17
in section 56.265 and the county offices contained in 18 SB 1128 2
sections 49.082, 50.334, 50.343, 51.281, 51.282, 52.269, 19
53.082, 53.083, 54.261, 54.320, 55.091, [58.095,] and 20
473.742 may be increased by up to two thousand dollars 21
greater than the compensation provided by the salar y 22
schedules; provided, however, that any vote to increase 23
compensation be effective for all county offices in that 24
county subject to the salary commission excluding the county 25
coroner. 26
3. Upon the majority approval of the [salary] county 27
commission, the annual compensation of a county coroner of 28
any county [of the second classification ] not having a 29
charter form of government as provided in section 58.095 may 30
be increased up to fourteen thousand dollars greater than 31
the compensation provided b y the salary schedule of such 32
section. 33
58.095. 1. The county coroner in any county not 1
having a charter form of government shall receive an annual 2
salary computed on a basis as set forth in the following 3
schedule and subject to any adjustment authorized under 4
subsection 3 of section 50.327 . The provisions of this 5
section shall not permit or require a reduction in the 6
amount of compensation being paid for the office of coroner 7
on January 1, 1997: 8
9 Assessed Valuation Salary
10 $18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $8,000
11 41,000,000 to 53,999,999 8,500
12 54,000,000 to 65,999,999 9,000
13 66,000,000 to 85,999,999 9,500 SB 1128 3
2. One thousand dollars of the salary authorized in 21
this section shall be payable to the coroner only if the 22
coroner has completed at least twenty hours of classroom 23
instruction each calendar year as established by the coroner 24
standards and traini ng commission unless exempted from the 25
training by the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' 26
Association for good cause. The Missouri Coroners' and 27
Medical Examiners' Association shall provide a certificate 28
of completion to each coroner who comple tes the training 29
program and shall send a list of certified coroners to the 30
treasurer of each county and the department of health and 31
senior services. The coroner standards and training 32
commission may certify training programs that satisfy the 33
requirements of this section in lieu of the training 34
provided by the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' 35
Association. Certified training completion shall be 36
submitted to the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' 37
Association which, upon validating the certified training, 38
shall submit the individual's name to the county treasurer 39
and department of health and senior services indicating the 40
individual is compliant with the training requirements. 41
14 86,000,000 to 99,999,999 10,000
15 100,000,000 to 130,999,999 11,000
16 131,000,000 to 159,999,999 12,000
17 160,000,000 to 189,999,999 13,000
18 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 14,000
19 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 15,000
20 300,000,000 or more 16,000 SB 1128 4
Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be 42
reimbursed to the county coroner in the same manner as other 43
expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose. All 44
elected or appointed coroners, deputy coroners, and 45
assistants to the coroner shall complete the annual training 46
described in this subsection within six months of election 47
or appointment. 48
3. The annual compensation of the county coroner in 49
any county not having a charter form of government shall 50
not[,] be less than the annual compensation of the preceding 51
year except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the 52
[salary] county commission[, receive an annual compensation 53
in an amount less than the total compensation being received 54
for the office of county coroner in the particular county 55
for services rendered or perf ormed on the date the salary 56
commission votes. 57
4. For the term beginning in 1997, the compensation of 58
the coroner, in counties in which the salary commission has 59
not voted to pay one hundred percent of the maximum 60
allowable salary, shall be a per centage of the maximum 61
allowable salary established by this section. The 62
percentage applied shall be the same percentage of the 63
maximum allowable salary received or allowed, whichever is 64
greater, to the presiding commissioner or sheriff, whichever 65
is greater, of that county for the year beginning January 1, 66
1997. In those counties in which the salary commission has 67
voted to pay one hundred percent of the maximum allowable 68
salary, the compensation of the coroner shall be based on 69
the maximum allowable salary in effect at each time a 70
coroner's term of office commences following the vote to pay 71
one hundred percent of the maximum allowable compensation. 72 SB 1128 5
Subsequent compensation shall be determined as provided in 73
section 50.333. 74
5. Effective January 1, 1997, the county coroner in 75
any county not having a charter form of government may, upon 76
the approval of the county commission, receive additional 77
compensation for any month during which investigations or 78
other services are performed for thr ee or more decedents in 79
the same incident during such month. The additional 80
compensation shall be an amount that when added to the 81
regular compensation the sum shall equal the monthly 82
compensation of the county sheriff ]. 83