RELATING TO EXECUTIVE SALARIES; INCREASING SALARIES FOR ELECTED STATE OFFICERS; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 8-1-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971, Chapter 260, Section 1, as amended) 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
secretary of state 85,000
state auditor 85,000
state treasurer 85,000
attorney general 95,000
commissioner of public lands 90,000
public regulation commissioner 90,000.
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)."
Section 3. APPLICABILITY.--The provisions of this act
apply to elected state officers beginning January 1, 2003.