SB 2 — JUDICIAL SALARY INCREASES

SENATEAN BILLACT 2RELATING 56THTO LEGISLATUREJUDICIAL -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-SALARIES; FIRST SESSION, 2023 INTRODUCED BY Joseph Cervantes and George K.

Muñoz and Dayan Hochman-Vigil 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO JUDICIAL SALARIES;

167 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

e t 17 SECTION 1.

Section 34-1-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, w l n d 18 Chapter 278, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

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SALARIES OF JUSTICES, JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES.-- i a e r 20 A.

Justices of the supreme court shall each 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 judges.

c e s k 23 The chief justice of the supreme court shall receive an annual e a n b 24 salary that is two thousand dollars ($2,000) more than the u [ annual salary of a justice of the supreme court.

.223833.1 B.

and (3) a metropolitan court shall receive an SB 2 Page 1 annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of the chief judge of a district court.

[C.C.

TheNotwithstanding presidingany magistrateother provision of alaw magistrate district where three or moreany divisionsother operateprovision asof athis singlesection, court shall receive an annual salary that is seventy-five percent of the annual salarysalaries of 5 the chieffollowing judgejudges ofshall abe metropolitanestablished court.as follows:

D.](1) C.a judge of the court of appeals shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court;

Notwithstanding(2) anya otherdistrict provisioncourt ofjudge lawshall ereceive tan 17annual orsalary anythat otheris provisionninety-five percent of this section, the annual salariessalary of wa ljudge nof d 18 the followingcourt judgesof [andappeals; magistrates] shall be established as = = 19 a l follows:

iand a(3) e r 20 (1) a judgemetropolitan of the court ofjudge appeals shall a t m m 21 receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the d r e 22 annual salary of a justicedistrict ofcourt thejudge. supreme court;

cD. e s k 23 (2) a district court judge shall receive an e a n b 24 annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary u [ of a judge of the court of appeals;

andFor .223833.1fiscal -year 21995 -and (3)all asubsequent metropolitanfiscal courtyears, judgethe shallannual receivesalary anfor annualjustices salaryof thatthe issupreme ninety-fivecourt, percentjudges of the annualcourt salary of aappeals, district court judge.judges, metropolitan court judges and magistrates shall be provided by the legislature in an appropriations act.

[(4)E. a full-time magistrate shall receive an annual salary that is seventy-five percent of the annual salary of a metropolitan court judge;

(5)No aadditional half-timesalaries magistrate shall receivebe anpaid annualto salaryjustices, thatjudges isor fiftymagistrates percenton ofaccount the annual salary of aservices full-timerendered magistrate;the state.

andJustices (6)of athe quarter-timesupreme magistratecourt, judges of the court of appeals, district court judges, metropolitan court judges and magistrates shall receive anper annualdiem salaryand thatmileage isfor twenty-fivenecessary percenttravel on official SB 2 Page 2 business of the annualcourt salaryas ofprovided ain full-timethe magistrate.Per Diem and Mileage Act." SB 2 Page 3 4 6 8 25

E.] D.

For fiscal year 1995 and all subsequent fiscal years, the annual salary for justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, district court judges, metropolitan court judges and magistrates shall be e t 17 [established] provided by the legislature in an appropriations w l n d 18 act.

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No additional salaries shall be paid to i a e r 20 justices, judges or magistrates on account of services rendered a t m m 21 the state.

Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court d r e 22 of appeals, district court judges, metropolitan court judges c e s k 23 and magistrates shall receive per diem and mileage for e a n b 24 necessary travel on official business of the court as provided u [ in the Per Diem and Mileage Act." .223833.1 - 3 -