SENATE BILL 547

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

John Arthur Smith and Steven P. Neville

AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTED OFFICIALS; INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF ELECTIVE STATE OFFICERS WHOSE TERMS BEGIN ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020.

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] $126,500

     secretary of state. . . . . . . . . . . . [85,000] 97,750

     state auditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[85,000] 97,750

     state treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . [85,000] 97,750

     attorney general. . . . . . . . . . . . .[95,000] 109,250

     commissioner of public lands. . . . . .  [90,000] 103,500

     public regulation commissioner. . . . .  [90,000] 103,500.

          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)] ninety-seven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($97,750)."

     SECTION 3. APPLICABILITY.--The compensation increases provided for by this act apply to elective state officers whose terms of office begin on or after January 1, 2020.

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