As Amended
SEC. 25-3-31. Salaries of elective state and district officers [Repealed effective January 1, 2007].
[Until such time as Section 1 of Laws, 2003, ch. 563, is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended, this section will read as follows:]
The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are * * * fixed as follows:
Governor $101,800.00
Attorney General 90,800.00
Secretary of State 75,000.00
Commissioner of Insurance 75,000.00
State Treasurer 75,000.00
State Auditor of Public Accounts 75,000.00
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce 75,000.00
Transportation Commissioners 65,000.00
Public Service Commissioners 65,000.00
The above fixed salary of the Governor * * * shall be the reference amount utilized in computing average compensation and earned compensation pursuant to Section 25-11-103(f) and Section 25-11-103(k) and to related sections which require such computations.
[From and after such time as Section 1 of Laws, 2003, ch. 563, is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended, this section will read as follows:]
The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are fixed as follows:
Governor....................................... $122,160.00
Attorney General............................... 108,960.00
Secretary of State............................. 90,000.00
Commissioner of Insurance...................... 90,000.00
State Treasurer................................ 90,000.00
State Auditor of Public Accounts............... 90,000.00
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce....... 90,000.00
Transportation Commissioners................... 78,000.00
Public Service Commissioners................... 78,000.00
If the person serving as Governor on December 31, 2003, is reelected to the office of Governor for the term beginning in the year 2004, he may choose not to receive the salary increase authorized by this section, but to receive, instead, an annual salary of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($101,800.00) during his new term of office by filing a written request with the Department of Finance and Administration.
The above fixed salary of the Governor shall be the reference amount utilized in computing average compensation and earned compensation pursuant to Section 25-11-103(f) and Section 25-11-103(k) and to related sections which require such computations.
This section shall stand repealed from and after January 1, 2007.
SOURCES: Codes, 1930, Sec. 6511; 1942, Sec. 4175; Laws, 1922, ch. 159; 1932, ch. 132; 1938, chs. 152, 153, 154, 156; 1942, chs. 275, 321; 1944, chs. 265, 317-319; 1946, chs. 275, 278, 293, 458; 1948, chs. 188, 201, 221, 223; 1950, chs. 199, 343, 443, 466; 1952, chs. 178, 229, 245, 315, 325, 335; 1954, chs. 212, 253; 1954, Ex ch. 16, Secs. 1-4; 1956, ch. 358, Sec. 2; 1958 chs. 325, 328, 334, 337, 338, 344, 345, 354; 1960, chs. 324, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336; 1962, ch 388, Sec. 2; 1966, ch. 445, Sec. 1, 1970, ch. 402, Sec. 1; 1974, ch. 545, Sec. 1; 1977, ch. 453, Sec. 6; 1978, ch. 520, Sec. 1; 1983, ch. 536, Sec. 1; 1988, ch. 528, Sec. 2. Laws, 1993, ch. 481, Sec. 4; 1997 Laws, Chapter 577, Sec. 1, HB1032; Laws, 2003, ch. 563, § 1, SB 2794, eff ____ (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).
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