Not exact matches
«District Attorney
salaries are directly tied to statutorily required increases in
judicial pay, which were recently recommended by the NYS Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation,» said spokesman Rich Az
judicial pay,
which were recently recommended by the NYS Commission on Legislative,
Judicial and Executive Compensation,» said spokesman Rich Az
Judicial and Executive Compensation,» said spokesman Rich Azzopardi.
Also on the agenda,
which appears in full after the jump: Renaming the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel for former Gov. Hugh Carey and creating a commission to evaluate and adjust
judicial salaries (no mention of legislative
salaries,
which have traditionally been linked to
judicial pay).
In Albany, governors and legislative leaders have usually tied
judicial raises — popular in polls — to raising their own
salaries,
which has been a politically dicey move for decades.
Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon has said the raise would make the county executive's
salary equal to the district attorney,
which is tied to
judicial salaries and out of the hands of the legislature.
As introduced and initially approved (see here and here and here) Arkansas» HJR 1009 of 2013 eliminated that state's constitutional guarantee that
judicial salaries could not be diminished (Amendment 80, Sec. 16 (E) «Such
salaries and expenses may be increased, but not diminished, during the term for
which such Justices or Judges are selected or elected.»)
The Ohio Senate yesterday approved a plan (SJR 1) to create a Public Office Compensation Commission with the power to reduce
judicial salaries mid-term in cases of fiscal emergency, a departure from a 2014 proposal
which would have allowed them to be diminished for any reason.
Three states are actively debating the way in
which to pay for, and increase,
judicial salaries in their respective states.