SF0038 • 2007

Judicial salaries.

AN ACT relating to judicial salaries; increasing judicial salaries as specified; repealing a previous time limited additional compensation provision; amending an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Judiciary
Last action: 2007-02-21
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2007

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2007-02-21 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number - 81
2007-02-21 Governor
Governor Signed SEA0031
2007-02-20 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 31
2007-02-16 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0031
2007-02-15 LSO
Assigned Number SEA0031
2007-02-15 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2007-02-14 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2007-02-13 House
H Passed CoW
2007-02-08 House
H Placed on General File
2007-02-08 House
H02 Recommended Do Pass
2007-02-06 House
H Rereferred to H02
2007-02-06 House
H Placed on General File
2007-02-06 House
H01 Recommended Do Pass
2007-01-31 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01
2007-01-22 House
H Received for Introduction
2007-01-22 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2007-01-19 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2007-01-18 Senate
S Passed CoW
2007-01-17 Senate
S Placed on General File
2007-01-17 Senate
S02 Recommended Do Pass
2007-01-12 Senate
S Rereferred to S02
2007-01-12 Senate
S Placed on General File
2007-01-12 Senate
S01 Recommended Do Pass
2007-01-09 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S01
2007-01-09 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2006-12-18 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for SF0038

Bill No.:
SF0038
Drafter:

JHR

LSO No.:
07LSO-0141
Effective Date:

7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0031

Chapter No.:
81

Prime Sponsor:
Joint
Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Judicial
salaries.

Subject:
Increases
judicial salaries as specified.

Summary/Major Elements:

Judicial salaries were
increased for the 2007-2008 biennium in the 2006 Budget Bill as a budget
footnote (see 2006 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 35, Section 315).

This act:

Codifies the salary increases
authorized in the 2006 budget bill;

Appropriates the funds
necessary to pay for the salary increases and specifies that this appropriation
is intended to replace the appropriation provided in 2006 Wyoming Session Laws,
Chapter 35, Section 315;

Repeals 2006 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 35, Section 315;

Increases annual salaries
for:

Supreme court justices to
$119,300.00;

District court judges to
$113,600.00;

Circuit court judges to
$93,200.00.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0038

ENROLLED ACT NO. 31, SENATE

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to judicial salaries; increasing judicial salaries as specified; repealing a previous time limited additional compensation provision; amending 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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110(a)(i) through (iii) is amended to read:

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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, 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, 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, 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.

2006 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 35, Section 315 is repealed.

Section 3.

There is appropriated from the general fund to the supreme court four hundred sixty-three thousand eight hundred eighty-one dollars ($463,881.00) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 to implement the judicial salary increases authorized by this act. This appropriation is intended to replace, on July 1, 2007, the unexpended appropriation previously authorized under 2006 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 35, Section 315.

Section 4.

This act is effective July 1, 2007.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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