Judicial salaries.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0278

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0063

Judicial salaries.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Nicholas, Hanes, Job and Ross and Representative(s) Buchanan, Lubnau, Simpson and Warren

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to judicial salaries; increasing judicial salaries as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 5
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1
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110(a)
(i) through (iii)
is amended to read:

5
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110.

Salaries of judges.

(a)

Subject to constitutional and statutory provisions concerning when salaries can become effective, judges of the supreme court, district courts and circuit courts shall receive the following annual salaries which shall be paid in equal monthly installments on the last working day of the month:

(i)

Supreme court justices shall receive an annual salary of
one hundred eight thousand two hundred dollars ($108,200.00) commencing July 1, 2004
one hundred fifteen thousand three hundred dollars ($115,300.00) commencing July 1, 2006
, and
one hundred eleven thousand four hundred dollars ($111,400.00) commencing July 1, 2005
one hundred nineteen thousand three hundred dollars ($119,300.00) commencing July 1, 2007
;

(ii)

District court judges shall receive an annual salary of
one hundred three thousand dollars ($103,000.00) commencing July 1, 2004
one hundred nine thousand eight hundred dollars ($109,800.00) commencing July 1, 2006
, and
one hundred six thousand one hundred dollars ($106,100.00) commencing July 1, 2005
one hundred thirteen thousand six hundred dollars ($113,600.00) commencing July 1, 2007
;

(iii)

Circuit court judges shall receive an annual salary of
, eighty-four thousand five hundred dollars ($84,500.00) commencing July 1, 2004

ninety thousand dollars ($90,000.00) commencing July 1, 2006
, and
eighty-seven thousand dollars ($87,000.00) commencing July 1, 2005
ninety-three thousand two hundred dollars ($93,200.00) commencing July 1, 2007
.

Section 2.

In addition to any other appropriation to the supreme court, there is appropriated from the general fund to the supreme court six hundred
ninety-one
thousand
four
dollars ($6
91
,0
04
.00) to implement the salary formula for judges established under this act.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2006.

(END)

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