Senate Bill No. 555

(By Senators Wiedebusch, Humphreys and Wooton)

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[Introduced March 22, 1993;; referred to the Committee
on Finance.]

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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.

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. GENERAL 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 eighty-five ninety-six the salary of the governor shall be seventy-two eighty thousand dollars per year.
The salary of the attorney general shall be fifty seventy thousand four hundred dollars per year; the salary of the auditor shall be forty-six thousand eight hundred seventy thousand dollars per year; the salary of the secretary of state shall be forty-three thousand two hundred seventy thousand dollars per year; the salary of the commissioner of agriculture shall be forty-six thousand eight hundred seventy thousand dollars per year; and the salary of the state treasurer shall be fifty thousand four hundred 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 fifty-five seventy-two thousand dollars per year: Provided, That beginning the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety ninety-four, the salary of each of the justices of the supreme court shall be seventy-two eighty thousand dollars per year.
ARTICLE 2. CIRCUIT COURTS AND 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 fifty sixty-five thousand dollars per year: Provided, That beginning the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety ninety-four, the annual salary of all circuit judges shall be sixty seventy-five thousand dollars per year.



NOTE: The purpose of this 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.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.