HB1064 HFLR Page 1 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) HOUSE BILL 1064 By: Boles of the House and Kidd of the Senate AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to counties and county officers; amending 19 O.S. 2011, Sections 180.58, 180.59, 180.62, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019, 180.63 and 180.68, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019 (19 O.S. Supp. 2020 , Sections 180.62 and 180.68), which relate to salary and compensation; modifying applicability; modifying description of certain property; modifying valuation of certain property; increasing certain base salary range; requiring increase in county officer salary; reformulating salary increase ca lculation; updating description of certain property; modifying date changes in salaries shall take effect; repealing 19 O.S. 2011, Sections 180.64A, 180.71, 180.72, 180.73, 180.74, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019, 180.75, 180.76, 180.77, 180.78, 180.79, 180.80, 180.81, 180.82 and 180.83, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019 (19 O.S. Supp. 2020 , Sections 180.74 and 180.83), which relate to salary and compensation; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: HB1064 HFLR Page 2 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 180.58, is amended to read as follows: Section 180.58 A. Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title shall apply to all counties which do not approve an exemption of household goods of the he ads of families and livestock employed in support of the family from ad valorem taxation pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution . B. The purpose of Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title is to codify and rev ise the laws of the state relating to the salaries and wages of county officers and their deputies and employees, and to establish said salaries and wages by general law applicable throughout the state under a uniform schedule fixing such salaries and wages and future increases and reductions thereof upon the following bases: 1. The available revenues of the several counties out of which such salaries and wages may be paid; 2. The amount of services required to be performed; 3. The monetary value of such services in relation to that of nongovernmental services of similar nature in the areas wherein such services are performed; and 4. The relative amounts of services required of the various county officers, their deputies and employees upon investigation and full consideration of the applicable facts. HB1064 HFLR Page 3 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 C. The Legislature has determined that the foregoing bases of such schedule gradations generally are cognate to the combination of the following factors: 1. The net gross assessed valuation of all tangible taxable property of the county (total taxable valuation less homestead exemption allowances except those additional homestead exemptions authorized and allowed pursuant to Section 2890 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes), hereinafter referred to as "service-ability"; and 2. The population of the county, hereinafter referred to as the "service-load". The application of said factors properly establishes a rational and relevant formula for uniformity of salaries and wages and of future increases and decreas es thereof. SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 180.59, is amended to read as follows: Section 180.59 The net gross assessed total tangible property valuation for ad valorem tax purposes in each county, or service - ability factor, shall be determined from the county assessor 's certificate of such valuations as filed with the excise board of the county for the purpose of computation of ad valorem tax levies of each year, and no subsequent amendments thereto to effect an increase or decrease in such valuations shall have any effect for such year whatsoever. HB1064 HFLR Page 4 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 180.62, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019 (19 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 180.62), is amen ded to read as follows: Section 180.62 A. The basic salaries of county officers upon which all salaries and future increases or decreases thereof shall not be less than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall they exceed Forty-four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($44,500.00) Forty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($49 ,500.00) per annum. B. The board of county commissioners, or if the county has elected to come under the County Budget Act, the budget board members of the county, shall set the salaries for all elected county officials within the limits allowed by law. C. The annual salaries fixed by this act shall be paid either monthly or twice a month, by order of the board of county commissioners, for each month or fraction thereof t he incumbent lawfully occupies and holds title to such office. SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 180.63, is amended to read as follows: Section 180.63 In every county in this state, the salary of all county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title may shall be increased from the applicable basic salary named in Section 180.62 of this title, for net gross assessed valuation or serviceability, according to the following scale: HB1064 HFLR Page 5 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. To the basic salary: 1. Add the product of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00 ) times each One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) net gross assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof , until a net gross assessed valuation of Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00) is reached; 2. Thereafter add the product of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) times each additional Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) net gross assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof , until a net gross assessed valuation of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,00 0,000.00) is reached; 3. Thereafter add the product of One Hundred Twenty -five Dollars ($125.00) times each additional Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00) net gross assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof, until a net gross assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) is reached; and 4. Thereafter as to all additional net gross assessed valuation add the product of One Hundred Twenty -five Dollars ($125.00) times each additional Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) net gross assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof. B. Also, the salary of each county officer shall be additionally increased from the basic salary named in Section 180.62 of this title, and the additions thereto heretofore provided in this section, for populati on or service load according to the following scale: HB1064 HFLR Page 6 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times each one thousand (1,000) population, or major fraction thereof until a population of seventy -five thousand (75,000) is reached; thereafter; 2. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times each additional five thousand (5,000) population, or major fraction thereof until a population of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) is reached; thereafter add ; and 3. The product of Tw elve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times each additional ten thousand (10,000) population, or major fraction thereof. C. This section shall not reduce the present salary of any county officer in Oklahoma during their present term of office. SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 180.68, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019 (19 O.S. Supp. 2020 , Section 180.68), is amended to read as follows: Section 180.68 The date on which changes in the salaries and rates of pay for county officers and their deputies, aides and assistants under this act due to changes in population or, gross assessed valuation or both population and gross assessed valuation in any county shall take effect , shall be as of, on and or after the first day of January July based upon the population as shown by the latest Federal Decennial Census for the State of Oklahoma, and the total net gross assessed valuations of tangible taxable properties HB1064 HFLR Page 7 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 for such fiscal year as shown by the official certifica te which the county assessor files with the county excise board for the purpose of computing appropriations and levies for such current fiscal year. SECTION 6. REPEALER 19 O.S. 2011, Sections 180.64A, 180.71, 180.72, 180.73, 180.74, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019, 180.75, 180.76, 180.77, 180.78, 180.79, 180.80, 180.81, 180.82 and 180.83, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 27, O.S.L. 2019 (19 O.S. Supp. 2020, Sections 180.74 and 180.83), are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, dated 02/10/2021 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.