2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §22-117  Payment of compensation and expenses

A. Justices of the peace shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, as a county charge, office rent, stationery, telephone and lights.

B. The state shall pay forty per cent of the compensation and employee related expenditures of a justice of the peace, and the county shall pay sixty per cent of the compensation and employee related expenditures of a justice of the peace, except that the county shall pay the full amount of the employer contribution of the state retirement system or plan or any county health plan.

C. The state treasurer shall remit the compensation and employee related expenditures payable by the state to the county treasurer, and the county shall disburse the funds to the justice of the peace.