08 HB119/SCSFA/1
SENATE
SUBSTITUTE TO HB 119
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
annual salaries of certain state officials and cost-of-living adjustments, so as
to increase the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals
Judges, and superior court judges; to provide for related matters; to provide an
effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 45-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual
salaries of certain state officials and cost-of-living adjustments, is amended
by revising paragraphs (18), (19), and (20) of subsection (a) as
follows:
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"(18)
Each Justice of the Supreme Court
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139,418.00
179,960.00
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(19)
Each Judge of the Court of Appeals
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138,556.00
178,858.00
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(20)
Each superior court judge
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99,862.00
129,421.00
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Each
superior court judge shall also receive any supplement paid to such judge by the
county or counties of such judge´s judicial circuit as may be provided for
by law. Each superior court judge shall also receive reimbursement of travel
expenses as provided by law."
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SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2009, provided that funds to fully fund
the purposes of this Act are appropriated in an appropriations Act enacted by
the General Assembly that is effective on such date.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.