ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 514
(Senators Kessler, Bailey, Sharpe, Oliverio, Yoder, Unger and Love,
original sponsors)
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[Passed April 9, 2005; to take effect July 1, 2005.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact §6-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §50-1-3 of said code;
to amend and reenact §51-1-10a of said code; to amend and
reenact §51-2-13 of said code; and to amend and reenact §51-
2A-6 of said code, all relating generally to the salaries of
the Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State
Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State,
Supreme Court Justices, judges of circuit courts, family court
judges and magistrates; and effective dates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §6-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be
amended and reenacted; that §50-1-3 of said code be amended and
reenacted; that §51-1-10a of said code be amended and reenacted;
that §51-2-13 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §51-
2A-6 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.
§6-7-2. Salaries of certain state officers.
(a) Beginning in the calendar year two thousand five, and for
each calendar year thereafter, salaries for each of the state
constitutional officers shall be as follows:
(1) The salary of the Governor shall be ninety-five thousand
dollars per year;
(2) The salary of the Attorney General shall be eighty
thousand dollars per year;
(3) The salary of the Auditor shall be seventy-five thousand
dollars per year;
(4) The salary of the Secretary of State shall be seventy
thousand dollars per year;
(5) The salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be
seventy-five thousand dollars per year; and
(6) The salary of the State Treasurer shall be seventy-five
thousand dollars per year.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section, beginning in the calendar year two thousand nine, and for
each calendar year thereafter, salaries for each of the state
constitutional officers shall be as follows:
(1) The salary of the Governor shall be one hundred fifty
thousand dollars per year;
(2) The salary of the Attorney General shall be one hundred
five thousand dollars per year;
(3) The salary of the Auditor shall be ninety-five thousand
dollars per year;
(4) The salary of the Secretary of State shall be ninety-five thousand dollars per year;
(5) The salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be
ninety-five thousand dollars per year; and
(6) The salary of the State Treasurer shall be ninety-five
thousand dollars per year.
CHAPTER 50. MAGISTRATE COURTS.
ARTICLE 1. COURTS AND OFFICERS.
§50-1-3. Salaries of magistrates.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that:
(1) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that
a salary system for magistrates which is based upon the population
that each magistrate serves does not violate the equal protection
clause of the Constitution of the United States;
(2) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that
a salary system for magistrates which is based upon the population
that each magistrate serves does not violate section thirty-nine,
article VI of the Constitution of West Virginia;
(3) The utilization of a two-tiered salary schedule for
magistrates is an equitable and rational manner by which
magistrates should be compensated for work performed;
(4) Organizing the two tiers of the salary schedule into one
tier for magistrates serving less than eight thousand four hundred
in population and the second tier for magistrates serving eight
thousand four hundred or more in population is rational and
equitable given current statistical information relating to
population and caseload; and
(5) That all magistrates who fall under the same tier should be compensated equally.
(b) The salary of each magistrate shall be paid by the state.
Magistrates who serve fewer than eight thousand four hundred in
population shall be paid annual salaries of thirty thousand six
hundred twenty-five dollars and magistrates who serve eight
thousand four hundred or more in population shall be paid annual
salaries of thirty-seven thousand dollars:
Provided, That on and
after the first day of July, two thousand three, magistrates who
serve fewer than eight thousand four hundred in population shall be
paid annual salaries of thirty-three thousand six hundred
twenty-five dollars and magistrates who serve eight thousand four
hundred or more in population shall be paid annual salaries of
forty thousand dollars:
Provided, however, That on and after the
first day of July, two thousand five, magistrates who serve fewer
than eight thousand four hundred in population shall be paid annual
salaries of forty-three thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars
and magistrates who serve eight thousand four hundred or more in
population shall be paid annual salaries of fifty thousand dollars.
(c) For the purpose of determining the population served by
each magistrate, the number of magistrates authorized for each
county shall be divided into the population of each county. For
the purpose of this article, the population of each county is the
population as determined by the last preceding decennial census
taken under the authority of the United States government.
CHAPTER 51. COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 1. SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
§51-1-10a. Salary of justices.
The salary of each of the Justices of the Supreme Court of
Appeals shall be ninety-five thousand dollars per year:
Provided,
That beginning the first day of July, two thousand five, the salary
of each of the Justices of the Supreme Court shall be one hundred
twenty-one thousand dollars per year.
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 ninety
thousand dollars per year:
Provided, That beginning the first day
of July, two thousand five, the annual salary of all circuit judges
shall be one hundred sixteen thousand dollars per year.
ARTICLE 2A. FAMILY COURTS.
§51-2A-6. Compensation and expenses of family court judges and
their staffs.
(a) A family court judge is entitled to receive as
compensation for his or her services an annual salary of sixty-two
thousand five hundred dollars:
Provided, That beginning the first
day of July, two thousand five, a family court judge is entitled to
receive as compensation for his or her services an annual salary of
eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
(b) The secretary-clerk of the family court judge is appointed
by the family court judge and serves at his or her will and
pleasure. The secretary-clerk of the family court judge is entitled to receive an annual salary of twenty-five thousand three
hundred thirty-two dollars. In addition, any person employed as a
secretary-clerk to a family court judge on the effective date of
the enactment of this section during the sixth extraordinary
session of the Legislature in the year two thousand one who is
receiving an additional five hundred dollars per year up to ten
years of a certain period of prior employment under the provisions
of the prior enactment of section eight of this article during the
second extraordinary session of the Legislature in the year one
thousand nine hundred ninety-nine shall continue to receive such
additional amount. Further, the secretary-clerk will receive such
percentage or proportional salary increases as may be provided by
general law for other public employees and is entitled to receive
the annual incremental salary increase as provided in article five,
chapter five of this code.
(c) The family court judge may employ not more than one family
case coordinator who serves at his or her will and pleasure. The
annual salary of the family case coordinator of the family court
judge shall be established by the Administrative Director of the
Supreme Court of Appeals but may not exceed thirty-six thousand
sixty dollars. The family case coordinator will receive such
percentage or proportional salary increases as may be provided by
general law for other public employees and is entitled to receive
the annual incremental salary increase as provided in article five,
chapter five of this code.
(d) The sheriff or his or her designated deputy shall serve as
a bailiff for a family court judge. The sheriff of each county shall serve or designate persons to serve so as to assure that a
bailiff is available when a family court judge determines the same
is necessary for the orderly and efficient conduct of the business
of the family court.
(e) Disbursement of salaries for family court judges and
members of their staffs are made by or pursuant to the order of the
Director of the Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of
Appeals.
(f) Family court judges and members of their staffs are
allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. The expenses and compensation will be
determined and paid by the Director of the Administrative Office of
the Supreme Court of Appeals under such guidelines as he or she may
prescribe, as approved by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, family court
judges are not eligible to participate in the retirement system for
judges under the provisions of article nine of this chapter.
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