SENATE BILL 442

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Mu oz and Katy M. Duhigg

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTED OFFICIALS; INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF ELECTIVE STATE OFFICERS WHOSE TERMS BEGIN ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2027.

 

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[$110,000] $169,714

     secretary of state. . . . . . . . . . . .[85,000] 144,714

     state auditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . .[85,000] 144,714

     state treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . [85,000] 144,714

     attorney general. . . . . . . . . . . . .[95,000] 154,714

     commissioner of public lands. . . . . .  [90,000] 149,714.

          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."

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