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Suffolk County, NY
 
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[Adopted 12-23-1985 by L.L. No. 4-1986 (Ch. 152, Art. I, of the 1985 Code)]
A. 
The County Legislature finds and determines that, in order to maintain an equitable basis for compensating elected County officers, a permanent schedule should be established for certain elective officers provided in the Suffolk County Charter. The County Legislature also finds and determines that the State of New York has provided a schedule, including the compensation of the District Attorney of Suffolk County, at equitable levels on a statewide basis superseding local legislation on that subject.
B. 
The County Legislature further finds and determines that any such schedule should be in accordance with the provisions of the Suffolk County Charter limiting annual increases in other items of the expense budget of the County.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article IV of the Charter, § C4-10E et seq.
[Amended 11-5-1999 by L.L. No. 42-1999; 9-27-2005 by L.L. No. 32-2005; 9-15-2011 by L.L. No. 49-2011; 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 32-2014; 9-29-2017 by L.L. No. 22-2017]
A. 
The salary of all elected officers specified in Subsection B holding positions under the Suffolk County Charter shall be increased annually commencing January 1, 2001, by an amount equal to the lesser of 4% or the amount of increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the New York - Northern New Jersey - Long Island Region published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor for the preceding year, subject to the provisions of Subsection C of this section.
B. 
Salaries for the following officers shall be subject to the maximum annual adjustment set forth in Subsection A:
Officer
County Executive
District Attorney
County Sheriff
County Clerk
County Comptroller
Presiding Officer of the Legislature
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Legislature
County Legislator
C. 
The automatic salary increases for elected officers authorized by Subsection A shall be suspended for the four-year periods set forth below. The salary of the County's elected officers may only be increased during the periods set forth below by a duly enacted resolution of the County of Suffolk.
Officer
Periods of Suspension
County Executive
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2023
District Attorney
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
County Sheriff
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
County Clerk
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2022
County Comptroller
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2022
Presiding Officer of the County Legislature
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
Deputy Presiding Officer of the County Legislature
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
County Legislator
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
D. 
Notwithstanding § 205-2C and § 205-5A, in no event shall the District Attorney's salary be less than allowed under state law.
This article shall not take effect until at least 45 days after adoption, nor until approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the County of Suffolk voting on a proposition for its approval if, within 45 days after its adoption, there is filed with the Clerk of the County Legislature a petition protesting against such law in conformity with the provisions of § 24, Subdivision 2h, of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State.