(A) As used in this section, "county office" means the office of county auditor, county treasurer, county sheriff, clerk of the court of common pleas, county recorder, county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county engineer, or county coroner.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, the annual compensation of a person holding any county office on December 31, 1992, who commences a new term of office in that same county office during calendar year 1993 shall not be reduced during that new term of office, because of a decline in the population of the county, from the amount of annual compensation he was receiving on December 31, 1992.
Effective Date: 12-31-1992.