IV, Sec. 15 Compensation of Special Master Commissioners

When a master commissioner also works as a Special Master Commissioner in other counties, there are special rules about how much of that extra pay counts toward their yearly compensation limit.

The first $5,000 a master commissioner earns each year from this outside work doesn't count against their pay limit. They also don't need to include this amount on their Annual Report of Master Commissioner.

However, once earnings from this work go above $5,000 in a year, things change. That extra money does count toward the commissioner's overall pay limit, and it must be listed on their Annual Report of Master Commissioner.

In short, master commissioners get to keep the first $5,000 from this outside work "off the books" for pay limit purposes, but anything beyond that gets added to their reported income and counted against how much they're allowed to earn overall.