(1) In addition to the
provisions of section 13-30-104, the following salaries for the following officers
shall apply:
(a) The chief justice of the supreme court shall receive effective July 1, 1991,
an annual salary of seventy-nine thousand dollars, and effective July 1, 1992, an
annual salary of eighty-two thousand dollars.
(b) Each associate justice of the supreme court shall receive effective July 1,
1991, an annual salary of seventy-six thousand five hundred dollars, and effective
July 1, 1992, an annual salary of seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars.
(c) The chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive effective July 1, 1991,
an annual salary of seventy-four thousand five hundred dollars, and effective July 1,
1992, an annual salary of seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
(d) Each judge of the court of appeals, other than the chief judge, shall
receive effective July 1, 1991, an annual salary of seventy-two thousand dollars, and
effective July 1, 1992, an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars.
(e) The judges of the district courts shall each receive effective July 1, 1991,
an annual salary of sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, and effective July 1,
1992, an annual salary of seventy thousand five hundred dollars.
(f) Each judge of the juvenile court of the city and county of Denver shall
receive effective July 1, 1991, an annual salary of sixty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars, and effective July 1, 1992, an annual salary of seventy thousand five
hundred dollars.
(g) The judge of the probate court of the city and county of Denver shall
receive effective July 1, 1991, an annual salary of sixty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars, and effective July 1, 1992, an annual salary of seventy thousand five
hundred dollars.
(h) Repealed.
(i) Each judge of the county court of the city and county of Denver shall
receive an annual salary as provided by the ordinances of said city and county.
(j) The annual salary of judges of the county court in Class B counties, as
defined in section 13-6-201, effective July 1, 1991, shall be sixty thousand five
hundred dollars, and effective July 1, 1992, shall be sixty-three thousand five
hundred dollars.
(k) Repealed.
(l) (I) Effective July 1, 1998, the annual salary of judges of the county court in
each Class C or Class D county, as defined in section 13-6-201, and the annual
salaries of all special associate, associate, and assistant county judges shall be
determined annually by the chief justice and certified to the general assembly and
the controller pursuant to procedures approved by the supreme court. The
certification shall include the workload measures developed pursuant to
subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (l). In determining the salaries to take effect on
July 1 of each year, the chief justice shall use the average number of cases filed
annually in each county court during the three-year period ending on the previous
December 31.
(II) Procedures used to calculate incremental part-time county judge
workload salary levels shall be based on the method used to determine the need for
full-time county judges as established and approved by the supreme court and
shall take into account case types, case processing requirements, support staff
assistance, travel, and such other factors as are relevant to workload assessment.
Salaries for part-time county judges shall begin at twenty percent of the amount of
a full-time county judge salary, as specified in paragraph (j) of this subsection (1)
and section 13-30-104, and increase by five percent increments commensurate with
increases in the part-time county judge's workload, up to ninety percent of a full-time county judge workload.
(III) When the workload for a part-time county judge reaches eighty percent
of a full-time county judge workload, the chief justice may assign the part-time
county judge to serve on a full-time basis, so long as the part-time county judge
meets the qualifications established for county judges in Class A and Class B
counties, as specified in section 13-6-203. Upon assignment to serve on a full-time
basis, the part-time county judge shall be paid the full amount of a county judge
salary as specified in paragraph (j) of this subsection (1) and section 13-30-104.
Assignment of a part-time county judge to serve on a full-time basis pursuant to
this subparagraph (III) shall not affect the statutory classification of the county in
which the part-time county judge serves, as specified in section 13-6-201.
(IV) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (l),
the salary of a county judge or special associate, associate, or assistant county
judge serving in office as of June 30, 1998, may not be reduced while such judge
remains in office. Any reduction in salary for a judge appointed after June 30, 1998,
shall take effect at the beginning of such judge's next term of office.
(1.5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, for the
fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, the increase
over and above the provisions set forth in this section and section 13-30-104, if any,
in compensation of justices and judges shall be determined by the general
assembly as set forth in the annual general appropriations bill. Any increase in
judicial compensation set forth in an annual general appropriations bill shall be an
increase only for the fiscal year of the annual general appropriations bill in which
the amount is specified and shall not constitute an increase for any other fiscal
year. It is the intent of the general assembly that an increase in judicial
compensation specified in an annual general appropriations bill shall be added to
the compensation set forth in this section and section 13-30-104 and shall not
represent a statutory change.
(2) The annual salaries under this section and as increased by the annual
general appropriations bill for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, shall be paid in equal monthly amounts.