S1229 —

2018, c.014 (S1229 2R) §3CHAPTER -14 C.52:11-5.3  §5An -Act Noteconcerning  the P.L.annual salary of certain public employees, and amending various parts of the statutory law and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

2018, CHAPTER 14, approved May 18, 2018 Senate, No.

1229 (Second Reprint)     An Act concerning the annual salary of certain public employees, and amending various parts of the statutory law and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

      2B:2-4.  Judicial Salaries. salaries. [Annual salaries of justices and judges beginning on January 1, 2008 shall be:

                Chief2B:2-4.  JusticeJudicial ofSalaries.  the     SupremeAnnual Court                           salaries $183,182             Associate Justice of thejustices Supremeand Courtjudges                    beginning $176,488on            January Judge1, of2009 theand Superiorthereafter Court,shall            be: Appellate Division                                                      $167,023             Judge of the Superior Court,             Assignment Judge                                                       $163,404             Judge of the Superior Court;

            Judge of the Tax Court                                               $157,000]      Annual salaries of justices and judges beginning on January 1, 2009 and thereafter shall be:

     Beginning on January 1, 1,12021, and 1onon January 1 of each year for four years1years thereafter, the amount of the annual salary determined for the prior calendar year shall be adjusted annually by the State Treasurer in direct proportion to the percent change in the Consumer Price Index over a 12-month period beginning November 1 and ending October 31.  For the purpose of this section, "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Area, All Items (1982-84=100), as published by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States Department of Labor.  The State Treasurer shall determine the amount of the adjustment by December 1 of each year and the adjustment shall become effective for payments to be made during the calendar year following the determination, beginning with payments made on or after January 1 of each calendar year.  An adjustment in the annual payment shall be made only if the percent change in the Consumer Price Index for the period specified is greater than zero.

1SuchSuch an annual adjustment shall in no event be greater than 2 percent.1 percent.  If the reference base of the index is changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index shall be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods.  The first adjustment determination shall be made by December 1, 2020 and applicable to payments commencing on January 1, 20212021.  1.  The financial adjustment shall be made on December 1, 2024 and be applicable for payments commencing on January 1, 2025.  No further adjustments shall be made thereafter1.thereafter.

(cf:       2.    Section 1 of P.L.1974, c.55 (C.52:14-15.107) is amended to read as follows:

P.L.2007, c.350, s.1)       C.52:14-15.107  2.   Department Sectionofficers; 1 of P.L.1974, c.55 (C.52:14-15.107) is amended to read as follows:

     1.    Notwithstanding the provisions of the annual appropriationssalaries. act and section 7 of P.L.1974, c.55 (C.52:14-15.110), [the Governor shall fix and establish] the annual salary[, not to exceed $133,330 in calendar year 2000, $137,165 in calendar year 2001 and $141,000 in calendar year 2002 and thereafter,] for each of the following officers shall be $175,000 in calendar year 2018 and thereafter:

     Title1.    AgricultureNotwithstanding Departmentthe     provisions Secretary of Agriculturethe Childrenannual andappropriations Familiesact Department      Commissioner of Children and Familiessection Community7 Affairs Department      Commissioner of CommunityP.L.1974, Affairsc.55 Corrections(C.52:14-15.110), Departmentthe     annual Commissionersalary offor Correctionseach Education Department      Commissioner of Educationthe Environmentalfollowing Protectionofficers Departmentshall     be Commissioner$175,000 ofin Environmentalcalendar Protectionyear Health [and Senior Services] Department      Commissioner of Health [and Senior Services] Human Services Department      Commissioner of Human Services Banking and Insurancethereafter: Department      Commissioner of Banking and Insurance Labor and Workforce Development Department      Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Law and Public Safety Department      Attorney General Military and Veterans' Affairs Department      Adjutant General State Department      Secretary of State Transportation Department      Commissioner of Transportation Treasury Department      State Treasurer Members, Board of Public Utilities (cf:

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     3.    The annual salary of the executive director of each full time legislative staff operating under the direction of the Senate President, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Minority Leaders of each House of the Legislature shall be fixed and established by the President of the Senate and by the Speaker of the General Assembly, as appropriate, for each director in any amount that the President or Speaker determines to be appropriate for that director, but shall not exceed $175,000 in calendar year and thereafter.

  Salaries of county prosecutors.

     Beginning on January 1, 2021 and 1onon January 1 of each year for four years1years thereafter, the amount of the annual salary determined for the prior calendar year shall be adjusted annually by the State Treasurer in direct proportion to the percent change in the Consumer Price Index over a 12-month period beginning November 1 and ending October 31.  For the purpose of this section, "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Area, All Items (1982-84=100), as published by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States Department of Labor.  The State Treasurer shall determine the amount of the adjustment by December 1 of each year and the adjustment shall become effective for payments to be made during the calendar year following the determination, beginning with payments made on or after January 1 of each calendar year.  An adjustment in the annual payment shall be made only if the percent change in the Consumer Price Index for the period specified is greater than zero.  1SuchSuch an annual adjustment shall in no event be greater than 2 percent.1 percent.  If the reference base of the index is changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index shall be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods.  The first adjustment determination shall be made by December 1, 2020 and applicable to payments commencing on January 1, 20212021.  1.  The financial adjustment shall be made on December 1, 2024 and be applicable for payments commencing on January 1, 2025.  No further adjustments shall be made thereafter1 thereafter. .

(cf:   P.L.2007,     c.350,5.    s.2)This  act     shall 5.take effect July 1, 2018.

 This  act     shallApproved takeMay effect18, 2[immediately]2018. July 1, 20182.

                                            Increases annual salary of Governor’s cabinet officers, judges, county prosecutors, and certain other public employees.