S.B. 231 Enrolled

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS
2004 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Michael G. Waddoups

LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill increases salaries and salary ranges for certain state officers and employees.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
. increases salaries for the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state
auditor, and state treasurer;
. increases salary ranges for certain identified state officers; and
. makes technical corrections.
Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill takes effect on June 19, 2004.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
67-22-1, as last amended by Chapter 250, Laws of Utah 2002
67-22-2, as last amended by Chapter 16, Laws of Utah 2003

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 67-22-1 is amended to read:
67-22-1. Compensation -- Constitutional offices.
(1) The Legislature fixes salaries for the constitutional offices as follows:
(a) Governor [$100,600] $101,600
(b) Lieutenant Governor [$78,200] $79,000

(c) Attorney General [$84,600] $85,400
(d) State Auditor [$80,700] $81,500
(e) State Treasurer [$78,200] $79,000
(2) The Legislature fixes benefits for the constitutional offices as follows:
(a) Governor:
(i) a vehicle for official and personal use;
(ii) housing;
(iii) household and security staff;
(iv) household expenses;
(v) retirement benefits as provided in Title 49;
(vi) health insurance;
(vii) dental insurance;
(viii) basic life insurance;
(ix) workers' compensation;
(x) required employer contribution to Social Security;
(xi) long-term disability income insurance; and
(xii) the same additional state paid life insurance available to other noncareer service
employees.
(b) Lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer:
(i) a vehicle for official and personal use;
(ii) the option of participating in a state retirement system established by Title 49, Chapter
12, Public Employees' Contributory Retirement Act, or Chapter 13, Public Employees'
Noncontributory Retirement Act, or in a deferred compensation plan administered by the State
Retirement Office, in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and its accompanying rules and
regulations;
(iii) health insurance;
(iv) dental insurance;
(v) basic life insurance;

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(vi) workers' compensation;
(vii) required employer contribution to Social Security;
(viii) long-term disability income insurance; and
(ix) the same additional state paid life insurance available to other noncareer service
employees.
(c) Each constitutional office shall pay the cost of the additional state-paid life insurance
for its constitutional officer from its existing budget.
Section 2. Section 67-22-2 is amended to read:
67-22-2. Compensation -- Other state officers.
(1) The governor shall establish salaries for the following state officers within the
following salary ranges fixed by the Legislature:
State Officer Salary Range
Commissioner of Agriculture and Food [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Commissioner of Insurance [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Commissioner of the Labor Commission [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Director, Alcoholic Beverage Control
Commission [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Commissioner, Department of
Financial Institutions [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Members, Board of Pardons and Parole [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Executive Director, Department
of Commerce [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Executive Director, Commission on
Criminal and Juvenile Justice [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Adjutant General [$64,600 - $87,500] $65,200 - $88,400
Chair, Tax Commission [$69,900 - $94,300] $70,600 - $95,200
Commissioners, Tax Commission [$69,900 - $94,300] $70,600 - $95,200
Executive Director, Department of

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Community and Economic
Development [$69,900 - $94,300] $70,600 - $95,200
Executive Director, Tax Commission [$69,900 - $94,300] $70,600 - $95,200
Chair, Public Service Commission [$69,900 - $94,300] $70,600 - $95,200
[Commissioner] Commissioners,
Public Service Commission [$69,900 - $94,300] $70,600 - $95,200
Executive Director, Department
of Corrections [$76,000 - $102,600] $76,800 - $103,600
Commissioner, Department of Public Safety [$76,000 - $102,600] $76,800 - $103,600
Executive Director, Department of
Natural Resources [$76,000 - $102,600] $76,800 - $103,600
Director, Governor's Office of Planning
and Budget [$76,000 - $102,600] $76,800 - $103,600
Executive Director, Department of
Administrative Services [$76,000 - $102,600] $76,800 - $103,600
Executive Director, Department of
Human Resource Management [$76,000 - $102,600] $76,800 - $103,600
Executive Director, Department of
Environmental Quality [$76,000 - $102,600] $76,800 - $103,600
[State Olympic Officer $82,800 - $111,800]
Executive Director, Department of
Workforce Services [$82,800 - $111,800] $83,600 - $112,900
Executive Director, Department of
Health [$82,800 - $111,800] $83,600 - $112,900
Executive Director, Department
of Human Services [$82,800 - $111,800] $83,600 - $112,900
Executive Director, Department
of Transportation [$82,800 - $111,800] $83,600 - $112,900

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Chief Information Officer [$82,800 - $111,800] $83,600 - $112,900
(2) (a) The Legislature fixes benefits for the state offices outlined in Subsection (1) as
follows:
(i) the option of participating in a state retirement system established by Title 49, Utah
State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act, or in a deferred compensation plan administered by
the State Retirement Office in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and its accompanying
rules and regulations;
(ii) health insurance;
(iii) dental insurance;
(iv) basic life insurance;
(v) unemployment compensation;
(vi) workers' compensation;
(vii) required employer contribution to Social Security;
(viii) long-term disability income insurance;
(ix) the same additional state-paid life insurance available to other noncareer service
employees;
(x) the same severance pay available to other noncareer service employees;
(xi) the same sick leave, converted sick leave, educational allowances, and holidays
granted to Schedule B state employees, and the same annual leave granted to Schedule B state
employees with more than ten years of state service;
(xii) the option to convert accumulated sick leave to cash or insurance benefits as
provided by law or rule upon resignation or retirement according to the same criteria and
procedures applied to Schedule B state employees;
(xiii) the option to purchase additional life insurance at group insurance rates according to
the same criteria and procedures applied to Schedule B state employees; and
(xiv) professional memberships if being a member of the professional organization is a
requirement of the position.
(b) Each department shall pay the cost of additional state-paid life insurance for its

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executive director from its existing budget.
(3) The Legislature fixes the following additional benefits:
(a) for the executive director of the State Tax Commission a vehicle for official and
personal use;
(b) for the executive director of the Department of Transportation a vehicle for official
and personal use;
(c) for the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources a vehicle for
commute and official use;
(d) for the Commissioner of Public Safety:
(i) an accidental death insurance policy if POST certified; and
(ii) a public safety vehicle for official and personal use;
(e) for the executive director of the Department of Corrections:
(i) an accidental death insurance policy if POST certified; and
(ii) a public safety vehicle for official and personal use;
(f) for the Adjutant General a vehicle for official and personal use; and
(g) for each member of the Board of Pardons and Parole a vehicle for commute and
official use.
(4) (a) The governor has the discretion to establish a specific salary for each office listed
in Subsection (1), and, within that discretion, may provide salary increases within the range fixed
by the Legislature.
(b) The governor shall apply the same overtime regulations applicable to other FLSA
exempt positions.
(c) The governor may develop standards and criteria for reviewing the performance of the
state officers listed in Subsection (1).
(5) Salaries for other Schedule A employees, as defined in Section 67-19-15 , which are
not provided for in this chapter, or in Title 67, Chapter 8, Utah Executive and Judicial Salary Act,
shall be established as provided in Section 67-19-15 .
Section 3. Effective date.

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This bill takes effect on June 19, 2004.

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