Phil Bryant signs bill raising judge and prosecutor pay
Gov. Phil Bryant has signed legislation giving Mississippi judges their first pay raise since 2003.
Circuit and chancery judges now make $104,000 a year. House Bill 484 was signed Friday and takes effect July 1. It increases pay in four annual steps to $146,000 a year by 2016. Pay also increases for district attorneys, appellate judges and county court judges.
Court filing fees will rise $40 to cover the raises. Fines for crimes and traffic tickets will increase $10 to cover prosecutors’ raises.
A 2011 survey showed Mississippi’s judges were the nation’s lowest-paid.
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4/16/12
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