Relates to the appropriation to the Supreme Court for fiscal year 2022.
APPROPRIATIONS -- SUPREME COURT -- Relates to the appropriation to the Supreme Court for fiscal year 2022.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This is an FY 2022 trailer appropriation bill for the Supreme Court. It addresses the fiscal impact of S1137, which increases pay for magistrate judges by 2.00% to $132,400; for district judges by 1.83% to $144,400; for Court of Appeals judges by 1.76% to $150,400; and for Supreme Court justices by 1.65% to $160,400. The amount appropriated in this bill includes funding to provide the applicable pay raises to the two new magistrate judgesaddedbyH272of2021andtheonenewdistrictjudgeaddedbyH27of2021. Together, thetotalincrease in personnel cost appropriation attributable to the salary increases amounts to 1.88%.
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (35)
NAY (0)
House Third Reading
YEA (69)
NAY (0)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
LATEST ACTION
Session Law Chapter 231 Effective: 07/01/2021
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2021
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Apr 14, 2021