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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR	Sanchez, M		DATE TYPED	1/30/04		HB
SHORT TITLE		Judicial Salary Increases				SB	308
					ANALYST		Wilson

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY04	FY05	FY04	FY05
	$1,957.7			Recurring	General Fund

Duplicates HB128

Relates to Appropriation for judicial salaries in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

Juvenile Parole Board (JPB)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

SenateBill 308 appropriates $1,957,660 from the general fund to the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to provide justices of the supreme court with a salary increase to $110,000. Salary increases will also be provided to the chief justice of the supreme court, the chief judge of the court of appeals, the judges of the co