RELATING TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; INCREASING THE SALARIES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.

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. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, district attorneys shall receive an annual salary of eighty-two thousand dollars ($82,000).

B. District attorneys who serve in a district that includes a class A county within the district shall receive an annual salary of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000)."

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 1999.

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