Senate Bill No. 574
(By Senators Humphreys and Wooton)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported March 26, 1993.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article seven, chapter
six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended; to amend and reenact section ten-a,
article one, chapter fifty-one of said code; and to amend
and reenact section thirteen, article two of said chapter,
all relating to increasing the salaries of the governor, the
attorney general, the auditor, the secretary of state, the
commissioner of agriculture, the state treasurer, the
justices of the supreme court of appeals and circuit court
judges; and effective dates of increases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article seven, chapter six of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; that section ten-a, article one,
chapter fifty-one of said code be amended and reenacted; and that
section thirteen, article two of said chapter be amended and
reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 6. PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.
§6-7-2. Salaries of certain state officers.
Effective on and after the first Monday after the second
Wednesday in January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, the
salary of the governor shall be eighty thousand dollars per year
Effective on and after the first Monday after the second
Wednesday in January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, the
salaries of the attorney general, the auditor, the secretary of
state, the commissioner of agriculture and the state treasurer
shall each be seventy thousand dollars per year.
CHAPTER 51. COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 1. SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
§51-1-10a. Salary of justices.
The salary of each of the justices of the supreme court of
appeals shall be seventy-two thousand dollars per year:
Provided, That beginning the first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four, the salary of each of the justices of
the supreme court shall be eighty thousand dollars per year.
ARTICLE 2. CIRCUIT COURTS; CIRCUIT JUDGES.
§51-2-13. Salaries of judges of circuit courts.
The salaries of the judges of the various circuit courts
shall be paid solely out of the state treasury. No county,
county commission, board of commissioners or other political
subdivision shall supplement or add to such salaries.
The annual salary of all circuit judges shall be sixty-five
thousand dollars per year:
Provided, That beginning the first
day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, the annual
salary of all circuit judges shall be seventy-five thousand
dollars per year.
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(NOTE: The purpose of the bill is to increase the salaries
of the governor, the attorney general, the auditor, the secretary
of state, the commissioner of agriculture, the state treasurer
the justices of the supreme court of appeals and the circuit
court judges.)