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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Government Code - GOV |
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Title 8. THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS |
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Chapter 1.5. Compensation of Justices and Judges of Courts of Record |
Section 68203.
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(a) On July 1, 1980, and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the salary of each justice and judge named in Sections 68200 to 68202, inclusive, and 68203.1 shall be increased by the amount that is produced by multiplying the then current salary of each justice or judge by the average percentage salary increase for the current fiscal year for California state employees; provided, that in any fiscal year in which the Legislature places a dollar limitation on salary increases for state employees the same limitation shall apply to judges in the same manner applicable to state employees in comparable wage categories.
(b) For the purposes of this section, salary increases for state employees shall be those increases as reported by the Department of Human Resources.
(c) The salary increase for judges and justices made on July 1, 1980, for the 1980–81 fiscal year, shall in no case exceed 5 percent.
(d) On January 1, 2001, the salary of the justices and judges named in Sections 68200 to 68202, inclusive, shall be increased by the amount that is produced by multiplying the salary of each justice and judge as of December 31, 2000, by 81/2 percent.
(e) On January 1, 2007, the salary of the justices and judges identified in Sections 68200 to 68202, inclusive, and 68203.1 shall also be increased by the amount that is produced by multiplying the salary of each justice and judge as of December 31, 2006, by 8.5 percent.