H. B. 4621
(By Delegates Staton, Beane, Wills, Fox,
Amores, Fleischauer and Pino)
[Introduced February 22, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section thirteen, article two, chapter
fifty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increasing the
salary of circuit court judges.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirteen, article two, chapter fifty-one of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CIRCUIT COURTS; CIRCUIT JUDGES.
§51-2-13. Salaries of judges of circuit courts.
The salaries of the judges of the various circuit courts shall
be paid solely out of the state treasury. No county, county
commission, board of commissioners or other political subdivision shall supplement or add to such salaries.
The annual salary of all circuit judges shall be sixty-five
thousand dollars per year: Provided, That beginning the first day
of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, the annual
salary of all circuit judges shall be eighty thousand dollars per
year: Provided, however, That beginning the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, the annual salary of all circuit
judges shall be ninety thousand dollars per year: Provided
further, That beginning the first day of July, two thousand two,
the annual salary of all circuit judges shall be one hundred ten
thousand dollars per year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the annual
salary of circuit court judges by $20,000 per year.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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