The General Assembly shall establish the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court in the annual general appropriation act with the salary of the Chief Justice to be one hundred five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and shall fix the salaries for the court of appeals, circuit court, and family court according to the following schedule: (1) The chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-nine percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; (2) Judges of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-seven and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and circuit court judges shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; (3) Judges of the family court shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-two and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 31, eff June 20, 1985; 1996 Act No. in an amount equal to ninety-two and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 31, eff June 20, 1985; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 25A, eff July 1, 1996.
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