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H0193......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
JUDGES/JUSTICES - SALARIES - Amends existing law to increase the annual
salaries of Supreme Court justices and district court judges.
02/14 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27 3rd rdg - PASSED - 49-21-0
AYES -- Anderson, Black, Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark, Collins, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge,
Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Labrador,
Lake, LeFavour, Luker, Marriott, McGeachin, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart,
Patrick, Pence, Ring, Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Shepherd(2),
Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail,
Wills, Wood(27), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Crane, Hagedorn,
Kren, Loertscher, Mathews, Mortimer, Moyle, Nielsen, Raybould,
Roberts, Schaefer, Shepherd(8), Thayn, Vander Woude, Wood(35)
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Clark
Title apvd
Held for reconsideration
Time expired for reconsideration - to Senate
02/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/05 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/09 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett, Cameron, Coiner,
Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde, Hammond,
Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge,
Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Andreason, Gannon
Floor Sponsor - Darrington
Title apvd - to House
03/12 To enrol
03/13 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/14 Pres signed - To Governor
03/15 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 81
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 193
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO JUDGES; AMENDING SECTION 59-502, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE SALA-
3 RIES OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 59-502, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 59-502. SALARIES OF JUDGES. (1) Commencing on July 1, 2006, the salary of
8 the justices of the supreme court shall be one hundred ten thousand five hun-
9 dred dollars ($110,500) per annum, and the salary of the judges of the dis-
10 trict courts shall be one hundred three thousand six hundred dollars
11 ($103,600) per annum. Commencing on July 1, 2007, the annual salaries of the
12 justices of the supreme court and the annual salaries of the judges of the
13 district courts shall be increased by five percent (5%).
14 (2) Salaries of magistrates shall be as prescribed by chapter 22, title
15 1, Idaho Code.
16 (3) Salaries shall be paid on regular pay periods not less frequently
17 than monthly as determined by order of the supreme court as due out of the
18 state treasury, but no justice of the supreme court or judge of the district
19 court or magistrate shall be paid his salary, or any part thereof, unless he
20 shall first take and subscribe an oath that there is not in his hands any mat-
21 ter in controversy not decided by him, which has been finally submitted for
22 his consideration and determination thirty (30) days prior to his taking and
23 subscribing said oath.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16996
This bill would change the annual salary of justices of the supreme
court, judges of the court of appeals, district judges and attorney
magistrate judges beginning July 1, 2007. The annual salaries of
the justices and judges would be increased by 5%.
FISCAL NOTE
The estimated fiscal impact of the increased cost of salary and
benefits, which are paid from the general fund, would be $803,825
for FY2008.
Contact
Name: Senator Denton Darrington, Chair, Senate Judiciary & Rules
Committee (208) 332-1317
Representative Jim Clark, Chair, House Judiciary, Rules &
Administration Committee (208) 332-1127
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