Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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This legislation mandates that all deputies appointed by a sheriff be compensated at a rate equal to an annual salary of $33,500. The bill also creates a grant program administered by the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to assist local governments in the compensation of sheriff's deputies. The grant program would be funded through a 1% excise tax on the sale of contact lenses and spectales for which a prescription of required. The legilslation is accompanied by H.R. 1138. |