Section 444 - Other meeting expenses paid by counties(a) In addition to the expenses authorized in this subdivision, the necessary expenses of the annual meetings of the associations hereinafter named, including annual association dues, printing, committee expenses and stenographical expense, shall be paid in equal parts by the counties whose officers are members of the respective associations.(b) In the case of county commissioners, county solicitor and county clerk, county controllers, county auditors, sheriffs, register of wills, clerks of orphans' courts, county treasurers, recorders of deeds, prothonotaries, clerks of courts, public defenders, district attorneys, jury commissioners , coroners and, in the case of second class A counties, directors of veterans' affairs, the portion of annual expenses charged to each county shall not exceed the following:(1) For each county of the second class A, one thousand dollars ($1,000).(2) For each county of the third and fourth class, seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).(3) For each county of the fifth and sixth class, six hundred twenty-five dollars ($625).(4) For each county of the seventh and eighth class, five hundred dollars ($500).(c) In the case of the directors of veterans' affairs for counties other than those of the second class A, the portion charged to each county shall not exceed four hundred dollars ($400), and in the case of the probation officers an annual membership subscription not exceeding twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per member shall be paid by the county, and shall be in lieu of the expenses hereinbefore in this section provided for other county officers.(d) The amounts set forth in subsections (b) and (c) shall be adjusted annually by the annual increase in the cost of living as determined annually by the United States Department of Labor. Amended by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 14, eff. 12/24/2018.1955, Aug. 9, P.L. 323, § 444. Amended 1957, May 27, P.L. 206, § 1; 1961, April 28, P.L. 154, § 1; 1967, Aug. 11, P.L. 224, § 1; 1967, Sept. 1, P.L. 289, § 3; 1968, Jan. 18, P.L. (1967) 966, § 1; 1972, Oct. 18, P.L. 969, No. 235, § 1; 1978, Sept. 28, P.L. 800, No. 154, § 3, imd. effective; 1980, Dec. 12, P.L. 1174, No. 216, § 2, effective 1/1/1981; 2002 , April 2, P.L. 209, No. 18, § 2, imd. effective; 2011, Dec. 22, P.L. 552, No. 116, §1, effective in 60 days [ 2/21/2012].