SF0081 • 2017

Circuit court judge salaries.

AN ACT relating to the judicial branch; increasing salaries of circuit court judges; providing 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: Senator Christensen
Last action: 2017-03-08
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2017

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Amendments

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SF0081H3001

3rd reading • MacGuire

Withdrawn

Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by MacGuire

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SF0081HS001

Standing Committee • HAppropriations

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HAppropriations

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SF0081SS001

Standing Committee • SAppropriations

Failed

Plain English: Failed Standing Committee by SAppropriations

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Bill History

2017-03-08 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0063
2017-03-08 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-03-01 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0063
2017-02-28 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0063
2017-02-28 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0063
2017-02-28 Senate
S Concur:Passed 18-12-0-0-0
2017-02-27 Senate
S Received for Concurrence
2017-02-27 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 40-20-0-0-0
2017-02-24 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-23 House
H COW:Passed
2017-02-14 House
H Placed on General File
2017-02-14 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
2017-02-06 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2017-01-19 House
H Received for Introduction
2017-01-19 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0
2017-01-18 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-01-17 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-01-17 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-01-17 Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2017-01-16 Senate
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
2017-01-13 Senate
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2017-01-12 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2017-01-12 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-01-11 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0081
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0426

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0063

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Christensen

Catch Title:
Circuit court judge salaries.

Subject:
Increasing circuit court judge salaries and providing an appropriation

Summary/Major Elements:

Judicial salaries are set by statute.

Under current statute the annual salary for circuit court judges is $119,000.00.

This act increases the annual salary of
each
circuit court judge
by $6,000,
to $125,000.00
,
and appropriates $188,000.00 from the general fund to cover the increase between the effective date (July 1, 2017) and the end of the budget biennium (June 30, 2018).

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0081

ENROLLED ACT NO. 63,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to the judicial branch; increasing salaries of circuit court judges; 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
‑
1
‑
110(
a)(iii) is amended to read:

5
‑
1
‑
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:

(iii)

Circuit court judges shall receive an annual salary of
one hundred two thousand eight hundred dollars ($102,800.00) commencing July 1, 2009 an
d
one hundred nineteen thousand dollars ($119,000.00) commencing July 1, 2012

and one hundred
twenty-five
thousand dollars (
$
1
25
,000.00) commencing July 1, 2017
.

Section 2
.

There is appropriated
one
hundred
eighty-eight
thousand dollars ($
188
,
0
00.00)

from the general fund to the
supreme court
. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2018. This appropriation shall only be expended for the purpose of implementing the judicial salary increase authorized by this act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this
appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2018.

Section
3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(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