SENATE BILL 202

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS; INCREASING COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. That version of Section 8-1-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971, Chapter 260, Section 1, as amended) that is to become effective January 1, 2023 is amended to read:

     "8-1-1. COMPENSATION OF ELECTIVE STATE OFFICERS.--

          A. Annual compensation of elective state officers shall be paid as follows:

     governor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[$110,000] $150,000

     secretary of state. . . . . . . . . . . .[85,000] 115,000

     state auditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . .[85,000] 115,000

     state treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . [85,000] 115,000

     attorney general. . . . . . . . . . . . .[95,000] 125,000

     commissioner of public lands. . . . . .. [90,000] 125,000.

          B. Any person succeeding to the office of governor as provided in Article 5, Section 7 of the constitution of New Mexico shall receive the salary of the office. Every person serving as acting governor during the incapacity or absence of the governor from the state, other than the secretary of state, shall receive two hundred fifty dollars ($250) as compensation for each day's service as acting governor.

          C. All compensation under this section shall be paid from the general fund, except that the amount paid to the commissioner of public lands shall be paid from the state lands maintenance fund."

     SECTION 2. Section 8-3-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971, Chapter 138, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "8-3-3. COMPENSATION.--For the performance of the duties established in Section 8-3-1 NMSA 1978, the lieutenant governor shall receive an annual compensation of [eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000)] one hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($115,000)."

     SECTION 3. A new section of the Public Regulation Commission Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSIONER--COMPENSATION.--For the performance of the duties established in the Public Regulation Commission Act, a public regulation commissioner shall receive an annual compensation of one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000)."

     SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is January 1, 2023.

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