1. (a) The clerk of each circuit court shall receive an annual salary of not more than $146,500 as set by the Board of Public Works on the basis of the relative volume of business and receipts in the clerk's office.
2. (b) A clerk shall devote his full working time to the duties of the clerk's office and is entitled to the salary prescribed in subsection (a) of this section.
3. (c) The salary of a clerk is payable biweekly.

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 174; Acts 1981, c. 653; Acts 1982, c. 861, 915; Acts 1986, c. 150; Acts 1990, c. 515, § 1; c. 573; Acts 1994, c. 723, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1998, c. 221, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 2002, c. 27, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2005, c. 323, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2013, c. 53, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 54, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2018, c. 809, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 810, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Acts 2022, c. 188, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 189, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022.

Formerly Art. 17, § 23.