SB0242: County treasurer duties.

Legislative Summary

County treasurer duties. Provides that a charitable nonprofit foundation established to hold the proceeds of the sale of certain county hospitals may provide for compensation of the foundation's chairperson. (Under current law, the county treasurer is the foundation's chairperson and the members of the board of the foundation serve without compensation.) Provides that: (1) the county treasurer's service as the board's chairperson is considered to be part of the county treasurer's duties as county treasurer; (2) the chairperson may not vote on, or otherwise participate in, any board action relating to the compensation of the chairperson; (3) if the board provides for the payment of compensation to the chairperson, the compensation is considered to be part of the county treasurer's compensation as county treasurer; and (4) the amount of compensation paid by the foundation is in addition to the salary paid by the county to the chairperson as county treasurer.