HOUSE BILL 6

44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first special session, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Gloria C. Vaughn

DISCUSSION DRAFT

AN ACT

RELATING TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; INCREASING THE SALARIES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; 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. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, district attorneys shall receive an annual salary of [~~seventy thousand two hundred sixty-five dollars ($70,265)~~] seventy-three thousand seven hundred seventy-eight dollars ($73,778).

B. District attorneys who serve in a district that includes a class A county within the district shall receive an annual salary of [~~seventy-three thousand nine hundred sixty-three dollars ($73,963)~~] seventy-seven thousand six hundred sixty-one dollars ($77,661)."

Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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