HB 18
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AN ACT
RELATING TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; INCREASING THE SALARIES OF
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 36-1-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1976
(S.S.), Chapter 18, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"36-1-6. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS--SALARIES.--
A. For fiscal year 2000, district attorneys who
serve in a district that does not include a class A county
within the district shall receive an annual salary of seventy-
four thousand four hundred eighty-one dollars ($74,481) and
district attorneys who serve in a district that includes a
class A county within the district shall receive an annual
salary of seventy-eight thousand four hundred one dollars
($78,401).
B. For fiscal year 2001 and all subsequent fiscal
years, the annual salary for district attorneys shall be
established by the legislature in an appropriations act."
Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-four thousand four
hundred seventy-eight dollars ($74,478) is appropriated from
the general fund to the administrative office of the district
attorneys for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose
of paying salaries and benefits for district attorneys. Any