HB 151 — NM SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SALARIES

HOUSE BILL 151 55TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-- STATEOFNEWMEXICO- SECOND SESSION , 2022 INTRODUCED BY Dayan Hochman-Vigil 6This 8document ENDORSEDmay BYincorporate THEamendments COURTS,proposed CORRECTIONSby ANDa JUSTICEcommittee, COMMITTEEbut 10not ANyet ACTadopted, RELATINGas TOwell JUDICIALas SALARIES;amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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ENDORSED BY THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE h AN ACT g o RELATING TO JUDICIAL SALARIES;

PROVIDING THAT JUSTICES OF THE t hr g e i k STATE SUPREME COURT SHALL EACH RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY EQUAL h r i s TO THE ANNUAL SALARY RECEIVED BY NEW MEXICO FEDERAL MAGISTRATE h , t, COURT JUDGES;

16e u g e b l e e h n d d i = = o h BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

el t] 17b ,d i a º e SECTION 1.

Section 34-1-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, wr li n= r t e w d 18m a n o Chapter 278, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

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JusticesSALARIES ofOF theJUSTICES, supremeJUDGES courtAND shallMAGISTRATES.-- eachA. receive a t m m 21 an annual salary [as provided by the legislature] equal to the d r e 22 annual salary received by New Mexico federal magistrate court c e s k 23 judges.

TheJustices chief justice of the supreme court shall each receive e a n b 24 an annual salary that[as isprovided twoby thousandthe dollarslegislature ($2,000)] moreequal uto [ than the annual salary ofreceived aby justiceNew ofMexico thefederal suprememagistrate court.court judges.

.221436.2SAThe B.chief justice of the supreme court shall receive an annual salary that is two thousand dollars ($2,000) more than the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court.

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and (3) a metropolitan court shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary h of the chief judge of a district court.

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The presiding magistrate of a magistrate g e i k district where three or more divisions operate as a single h r i s court shall receive an annual salary that is seventy-five h , t, percent of the annual salary of the chief judge of a e u g e b l e e h metropolitan court.

n d d i = = o h D.] C.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law el t] 17b ,d i a º e or any other provision of this section, the annual salaries of wr li n= r t e w d 18m a n o the following judges [and magistrates]magistrates ] shall be established as =d =m 19: a l follows:

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c(1) ea sjudge kof 23the (2) a district court judgeof appeals shall receive an e a n b 24 annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary u [ of a judgejustice of the courtsupreme ofcourt; appeals;

and(2) .221436.2SA - 2 - (3) a metropolitandistrict court judge shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of a districtjudge of the court judge.of appeals;

and (3) a metropolitan court judge shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of a district court judge.

and h (6) a quarter-time magistrate shall receive an g o t hr annual salary that is twenty-five percent of the annual salary g e i k of a full-time magistrate.

h r i s E.] D.

For fiscal year 1995 and all subsequent h , t, fiscal years, the annual salary for justices of the supreme e u g e b l e e h court, judges of the court of appeals, district court judges, n d d i = = o h metropolitan court judges and magistrates shall be el t] 17b [established],d i a º e [established ] provided by the legislature in an appropriations wr li n= r t e w d 18m a n o act.

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JusticesNo ofadditional thesalaries supremeshall court,be judgespaid ofto thejustices, court d r e 22 of appeals, district court judges, metropolitan court judges cor e s k 23 and magistrates shall receive per diem and mileage for e a n b 24 necessary travel on officialaccount business of theservices courtrendered as provided u [ in the Perstate. Diem and Mileage Act." .221436.2SA - 3 -

Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, district court judges, metropolitan court judges and magistrates shall receive per diem and mileage for necessary travel on official business of the court as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act." HJCº SECTION 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2022.»HJC -4- h u » r t h g e l i h r i s h , e h t u g e b l e e , gh n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d i a º r e r = t e w d m a n o d m :

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