HOUSE BILL 348

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Bob Wooley

AN ACT

RELATING TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES; ADJUSTING THE QUALIFICATION INCENTIVE PAY FOR APPRAISERS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 4-39-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977, Chapter 138, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "4-39-5. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO APPRAISERS.--A board of county commissioners may provide [as qualification incentive pay the following] additional cumulative increments to the salary of any qualifying appraiser employed in the office of the assessor as an incentive for obtaining greater qualification levels up to the following amounts:

          A. an additional five hundred dollars ($500) a year for holding an "Appraiser 1" certificate;

          B. an additional [one thousand dollars ($1,000)] one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) a year for holding an "Appraiser 2" certificate;

          C. an additional [one thousand dollars ($1,000)] two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) a year for holding an "Appraiser 3" certificate; and

          D. an additional [one thousand dollars ($1,000)] three thousand dollars ($3,000) a year for holding an "Appraiser 4" certificate."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2015.

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