Senate Bill No. 566
(By Senators Chafin, Ross, Unger, Bailey and Helmick)
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[Introduced February 17, 2003; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section ten-a, article one, chapter
fifty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to amend and reenact
section thirteen, article two of said chapter, all relating to
increasing the salaries of justices of the supreme court and
judges of circuit courts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section ten-a, article one; chapter fifty-one of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted, and that section thirteen, article two of
said chapter be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
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-five, the salary of each of the justices of the supreme
court shall be eighty-five thousand dollars per year: Provided,
however, That beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine, the salary of each of the justices of the
supreme court shall be ninety-five thousand dollars per year:
Provided further, That beginning the first day of July, two
thousand three, the salary of each of the justices of the supreme
court shall be one hundred twelve thousand five hundred 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-five, the annual
salary of all circuit judges shall be eighty thousand dollars per
year: Provided, however, That beginning the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, the annual salary of all circuit
judges shall be ninety thousand dollars per year: Provided
further, That beginning the first day of July, two thousand three, the annual salary of all circuit judges shall be one hundred five
thousand dollars per year
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NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase salaries of
Supreme Court Justices to $112,500.00 a year, from $95,000.00 a
year; and salaries of Circuit Court Judges to $105,000.00 a year,
from $90,000.00 a year.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.