N.Y. County Law Section 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 Municipal Home Rule Law § 24 (Local laws subject to referendum on petition)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 Municipal Home Rule Law § 24 (Local laws subject to referendum on petition)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.

Source: Section 201 — Compensation of officers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CNT/201 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 24, 2025).

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Compensation of supervisors 201
Compensation of officers 202
Publication of compensation and expenses of supervisors in certain counties 203
Expenses incurred in the performance of official duty 204
Positions of employment 205
Compensation of employees 205–A
Certain pilot projects 206
Hours of work and office hours 206–A
Business in county offices on holidays and Saturdays 207
Vacations 208
Books and records 209
Investigations 210
Examination and post audit 211
Printed and electronically recorded proceedings of the board 212
Designation of depositaries 214
Designation of newspapers 215
County property 216
Location of county offices 217
County jail 217–A
Qualification for employment as a county correction officer 218
Courthouses and judicial expenditures 218–A
County detention facilities for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision 218–B
Prisoner furlough program in county jails and penitentiaries 219
Reforested lands 220
County planning board 220–A
Water quality management agency 221
County park commission 222
Cemeteries 223
Flood control and soil conservation 223–A
The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums as it may deem proper, not exceeding three thousand dollars in any one y... 223–B
EMS training and mutual aid programs 224
Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit services 224–A
Elimination of noxious weeds 224–B
Cooperative extension area and statewide program specialist 225
Optional appropriations for public benefit services administered by the board 225–A
Fire training and mutual aid programs 225–B
Contracts for visiting nursing services 226
Monuments and memorials 226–A
Patriotic observances 226–B
Solid waste management 226–C
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–C*2
Waiver of fees for veterans organizations 226–C*3
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–D
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–E
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 227
Legalizing acts 228
Disputed town boundaries 229
Erection and dissolution of towns 231
Expenses of police officer or peace officer injured in line of duty 232
County officers’ and county executives’ associations 233
Procedure on tax limit increase 233–A
Amounts to be included or excluded in computing constitutional taxing power 233–B
Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park or recreational purposes 234
Additional powers granted under other laws 234–A
Service of notice in relation to constitutionality of local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of a county 235
The board of supervisors by resolution may appoint a committee of citizens of the county to act in an advisory capacity to any committee,... 236
County plumbing licensing 236–A
County master electrician licensing 236–B
County electrical inspector licensing 237
Alcoholic beverage control
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May 24, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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