Amends existing law to revise the salary of justices of the Supreme Court.
JUDGES -- Amends existing law to revise the salary of justices of the Supreme Court.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
JFAC approved a Statewide Decision for CEC for FY 2021 of a 2% pay increase for permanent employees of the state. Judicial Salaries must be separately established by the Legislature and are set forth in section 59-502, Idaho Code, which also indexes such salaries to a Supreme Court Justice's salary to avoid salary compression between the four types of judgeships. To accomplish the intent of both the budget process as well as the salary statute, a 2% increase in the total judicial payroll is first calculated. This sum is divided so as to maintain the salary gaps existing under section 59-502, Idaho Code. The 2% increase is $551,600, but the proposal is to utilize less than 2%, specifically $536,900. When distributed to maintain the existing statutory gaps, this results in a $2,600 salary increase per judge. This bill sets the annual salary of a justice of the Supreme Court at $157,800, whichisa1.7%increaseoftheircurrentsalary. AssetforthinestablishedIdahoCode, thedifference between the salary of a Supreme Court Justice and a Court of Appeals Judge remains at $10,000 (resulting in a 1.8% salary increase for Court of Appeals Judges); the difference between the salary of a Court of Appeals Judge and a District Judge remains at $6,000 (resulting in a 1.9% salary increase for District Judges); and, the difference between the salary of a District Judge and a Magistrate Judge remains at $12,000 (resulting in a 2.0% salary increase for Magistrate Judges).
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (34)
NAY (0)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
House Third Reading
YEA (65)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
LATEST ACTION
Session Law Chapter 165 Effective: 07/01/2020