Amendment H-8206 to HF 2558
Relating to appropriations to the judicial branch
Adopted · March 22, 2022
Filed March 21, 2022 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment increases the total amount of money provided to the judicial branch and removes a specific section of the bill. It also adds a new section that lists the exact annual salary rates for various state court positions and states that these individuals cannot receive any further salary adjustments.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, line 20, by striking “194,031,188” and inserting “197,000,550”
- Page 1, by striking lines 30 through
- Page 4, after line 9 by inserting: “Sec. ___. STATE COURT —— JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND MAGISTRATES.
- The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, effective for the pay period beginning June 24, 2022, and for subsequent fiscal years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from moneys allocated to the judicial branch from the salary adjustment fund, or if the allocation is not sufficient, from moneys appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.
- The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, effective with the pay period beginning June 24, 2022, and for subsequent pay periods: a. Chief justice of the supreme court: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 203,604 b. Each justice of the supreme court: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 194,489 c. Chief judge of the court of appeals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 182,333 d. Each associate judge of the court of appeals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 176,256 e. Each chief judge of a judicial district: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 170,177 f. Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial district: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 164,099 g. Each district associate judge: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 145,867 h. Each associate juvenile judge: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 145,867 i. Each associate probate judge: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 145,867 j. Each judicial magistrate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,975 k. Each senior judge: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,724
- Persons receiving the salary rates established under this section shall not receive any additional salary adjustments provided by this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.”
- By renumbering as necessary.