N.Y. County Law § 201: Compensation of officers

§ 201. Compensation of officers. Notwithstanding the provisions of any

general law other than this chapter or of any special law to the

contrary, each board of supervisors shall fix the salary of all officers

paid from county funds, except the members of the judiciary. Such salary

shall be in lieu of all fees, percentages, emoluments or other forms of

compensation payable for services rendered in the performance of the

powers and duties of the office; provided however, that any such officer

(1) required by law to reside at a county institution or (2) authorized

by resolution of the board of supervisors, may be furnished maintenance

or any part thereof at a county institution. Such maintenance furnished

on or after the first day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-five shall

be defined and the fair value thereof determined by resolution of the

board and the amount so determined shall constitute part of the salary

fixed for any such officer.

All fees, percentages, emoluments or other compensation received by

any such officer by virtue of his office from whatever source shall

belong to the county and be paid into the county treasury monthly on or

before the tenth day of the month. Each such deposit shall be

accompanied by a statement in summary form of the sums so paid. The

salary of any such officer elected or appointed for a fixed term shall

not be increased or diminished during the term of his office, except as

the same may be increased as provided in paragraph h of subdivision two

of section twenty-four of the municipal home rule law, and except as the

same may be increased in accordance with a schedule providing higher

rates of compensation through additional increments of salary based on

time service. No new or amended schedule applicable to any such officer

shall be enacted during the term of his office, except as provided in

paragraph h of subdivision two of section twenty-four of the municipal

home rule law. This chapter shall not authorize any increase or decrease

in compensation prohibited by section twelve of article thirteen of the

state constitution. The compensation of a county officer appointed for

an indefinite term may be increased or diminished at any time. The

compensation of a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner may

be fixed at an annual salary or upon a per diem basis. Where coroners

are compensated upon an annual salary basis, the salary of each shall be

in the same amount except that the board of supervisors may determine by

majority vote to pay annual salaries in different amounts and in such

cases the salaries may be fixed accordingly.

This section shall not apply to the compensation of the members or of

the chairman of the board of supervisors.