Salaries and allowances for judges-amendments.

24LSO-0507
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0507
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0071

Salaries and allowances for judges-amendments.

Sponsored by: Joint Appropriations Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to courts; amending the salaries of judges and justices to reflect salaries adopted in the 2023 general session; striking obsolete provisions; authorizing the award of cost-of-living assistance to judges and justices as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 5
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110(a)(i) through (iii) and by creating a new subsection (c) is amended to read:

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110.

Salaries of judges; cost
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of
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living assistance.

(a)

Subject to constitutional and statutory provisions concerning when salaries can become effective, judges of the supreme court, district courts, chancery 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 sixty
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five thousand dollars ($165,000.00) commencing July 1, 2012 and
one hundred seventy
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five thousand dollars ($175,000.00) commencing July 1, 2019
and one hundred eighty
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seven thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($187,250.00) commencing July 1, 2024
;

(ii)

District court judges shall receive an annual salary of
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) commencing July 1, 2012 and
one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000.00) commencing July 1, 2019
and one hundred seventy
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one thousand two hundred dollars ($171,200.00) commencing July 1, 2024
;

(iii)

Circuit court judges shall receive an annual salary of
one hundred twenty
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five thousand dollars ($125,000.00) commencing July 1, 2017 and
one hundred forty
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five thousand dollars ($145,000.00) commencing July 1, 2019
and one hundred fifty
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three thousand seven hundred dollars ($153,700.00) commencing July 1, 2024
;

(c)

Subject to constitutional and statutory provisions concerning when salaries can become effective, justices of the supreme court and judges of the district courts, circuit courts and chancery courts may receive cost
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of
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living assistance if the judge or justice resides in a county in Wyoming where the average cost of housing is significantly higher than the statewide population weighted average cost of housing. The supreme court shall promulgate rules for the award of housing assistance under this subsection, provided that any rules promulgated under this subsection shall consider any rules or policies promulgated by the human resources division of the department of administration and information for the provision of housing assistance to state employees.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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(END)

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