ENROLLED

Senate Bill No. 3001

(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse, By Request of the Executive)

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[Passed May 17, 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 contained in chapter 203, Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 2005, as amended, relating generally to the salaries of the Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture and Secretary of State; 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, as contained in chapter 203, Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 2005,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.
§6-7-2. Salaries of certain state officers.
Beginning in the calendar year two thousand five, and for each calendar year after that, salaries for each of the state constitutional officers are as follows:
(1) The salary of the Governor is ninety-five thousand dollars per year;
(2) The salary of the Attorney General is eighty thousand dollars per year;
(3) The salary of the Auditor is seventy-five thousand dollars per year;
(4) The salary of the Secretary of State is seventy thousand dollars per year;
(5) The salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture is seventy- five thousand dollars per year; and
(6) The salary of the State Treasurer is seventy-five thousand dollars per year.