2021 Colorado Code
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Article 30 - Compensation of Justices and Judges
§ 13-30-104. Judicial Compensation Adjustment - Annual General Appropriations Bill

1. Effective July 1, 1988, the annual compensation of justices and judges in effect on the preceding June 30, as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(a) to (1)(g) and (1)(j), shall be increased by four thousand five hundred dollars, and the annual compensation of all special associate, associate, and assistant county judges shall be adjusted as a percentage of such amount as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(k).
2. 1. Effective July 1, 1995, the annual compensation of justices and judges in effect on the preceding June 30, as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(a) to (1)(g) and (1)(j) and subsection (1) of this section, shall be increased by four thousand dollars, and the annual compensation of all special associate, associate, and assistant county judges shall be adjusted as a percentage of such amount as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(k).
   2. Effective July 1, 1996, the annual compensation of justices and judges in effect on the preceding June 30, as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(a) to (1)(g) and (1)(j), subsection (1) of this section, and paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), shall be increased by three thousand dollars, and the annual compensation of all special associate, associate, and assistant county judges shall be adjusted as a percentage of such amount as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(k).
   3. Effective July 1, 1997, the annual compensation of justices and judges in effect on the preceding June 30, as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(a) to (1)(g) and (1)(j), subsection (1) of this section, and paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2), shall be increased by three thousand dollars, and the annual compensation of all special associate, associate, and assistant county judges shall be adjusted as a percentage of such amount as provided in section 13-30-103 (1)(k).

3. For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the increase over and above the provisions set forth in this section and section 13-30-103, 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 13-30-103 and shall not represent a statutory change.

History. Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 887, § 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 714, § 13, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section repealed, p. 1359, § 7, effective June 28. L. 87: Entire section RC&RE, p. 561, § 3, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 739, § 1, effective July 1. L. 98: (3) added, p. 958, § 2, effective May 27.

The references in subsections (1) and (2) to § 13-30-103 (1)(k) refer to that section as it existed prior to its repeal on July 1, 1998.