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.)