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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 188
BY SENATOR MARTINY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
JUDGES. Provides for salaries of judges as recommended by the Judicial Compensation
Commission. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 13:50, relative to certain judicial salaries; to provide for salary increases for2
judges of the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, city courts, and parish3
courts as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission; and to provide4
for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:50 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
§50. Salary as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission8
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and subject9
to an annual appropriation for such purposes:10
(1)(a) Effective July 1, 2013, the actual salary of the judges of the11
supreme court, courts of appeal, and district courts shall be increased as12
follows:13
(i ) Supreme court – five and one-half percent.14
(ii) Courts of appeal – three and seven-tenths percent.15
(iii) District courts – four percent.16
(b) The actual salary of the judges of the supreme court, courts of17 SB NO. 188
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appeal, and district courts shall be increased by two and one-tenth percent on1
July first of 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.2
(2)(a) Effective July 1, 2013, the state-paid actual salary of the judges of3
city courts and parish courts shall be increased by four percent.4
(b) The state-paid actual salary of the judges of city courts and parish5
courts shall be increased by two and one-tenth percent on July first of 2014,6
2015, 2016, and 2017.7
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not8
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature9
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If10
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become11
effective on the day following such approval.12
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Proposed law provides that effective July 1, 2013, the actual salary of the judges of the
supreme court, courts of appeal, and district courts shall be increased as follows:
(a) Supreme court - 5.5%.
(b) Courts of appeal - 3.7%.
(c) District court - 4%.
Proposed law provides that the actual salary of the judges of the supreme court, courts of
appeal, and district courts shall be increased by 2.1% on July 1
st
of 2014, 2015, 2016, and
2017.
Proposed law provides that effective July 1, 2013, the state-paid actual salary of city court
and parish court judges shall be increased by 4%.
Proposed law provides that the state-paid salary of city court and parish court judges shall
be increased by 2.1% on July 1
st
of 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 13:50)