44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2000

RELATING TO EXECUTIVE SALARIES; INCREASING THE SALARIES OF ELECTED STATE OFFICERS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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 $90,000

secretary of state [65,000] 80,000

state auditor [65,000] 80,000

state treasurer [65,000] 80,000

attorney general [72,500] 100,000

commissioner of public lands [72,500] 90,000

public regulation commissioner [72,500] 90,000.

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.

D. On January 1, 2003, the governor's salary shall be increased to one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000)."

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 [sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000)] eighty thousand dollars ($80,000)."

Section 3. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand three hundred dollars ($250,300) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2001 to increase the salaries of elected state officers. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2001 shall revert to the general fund.