Section 57.317

There are multiple enactments of 57.317

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

Chapter 57

Effective - 28 Aug 1997, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  *57.317.  Compensation of sheriff — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation (noncharter counties). — 1.  The county sheriff in any county, other than in a first classification chartered county, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.  The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation.  The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of sheriff on January 1, 1997.

		Assessed Valuation			Salary
		$18,000,000	to	40,999,999	$36,000
		41,000,000	to	53,999,999	37,000
		54,000,000	to	65,999,999	38,000
		66,000,000	to	85,999,999	39,000
		86,000,000	to	99,999,999	40,000
		100,000,000	to	130,999,999	42,000
		131,000,000	to	159,999,999	44,000
		160,000,000	to	189,999,999	45,000
		190,000,000	to	249,999,999	46,000
		250,000,000	to	299,999,999	48,000
		300,000,000	to	449,999,999	50,000
		450,000,000	to	599,999,999	52,000
		600,000,000	to	749,999,999	54,000
		750,000,000	to	899,999,999	56,000
		900,000,000	to	1,049,999,999	58,000
		1,050,000,000	to	1,199,999,999	60,000
		1,200,000,000	to	1,349,999,999	62,000
		1,350,000,000		and over	64,000

  2.  Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the sheriff only if the sheriff has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the sheriff's office when approved by a professional association of the county sheriffs of Missouri unless exempted from the training by the professional association.  The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each sheriff who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified sheriffs to the treasurer of each county.  Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county sheriff in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

  3.  The county sheriff in any county, other than a first classification charter county, shall not, except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the salary commission, receive an annual compensation less than the total compensation being received for the office of county sheriff in the particular county for services rendered or performed on the date the salary commission votes.

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(L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al. § 4, A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11)

*This section was amended by S.B. 53 & 60, 2021.  Due to a delayed effective date, both versions are printed here.