Annual Adjustment of Judges’ Compensation

(a) Annually, prior to October 1, the Judicial Council may, with reference to Title 7 GCA, Chapter 4, § 4101 (e), adjust the annual compensation of the Judges of the Superior Court, including the Presiding Judge and the Justices of the Supreme Court, for the next fiscal year by an amount not in excess of four percent (4%) more than the previous fiscal year’s annual rate of compensation. (b) Funding requirements for any adjustment approved by the Judicial Council should be contained within its approved fiscal year budget, provided, however, that if the salary adjustments are not directly cited in the budget, then any funding requirements shall be absorbed from its approved fiscal year budget. (c) Funding for a salary increase should be included in the Judicial Council’s annual budget request submitted to I Liheslaturan Guahan. (d) The annual adjustment of the judicial salaries affected pursuant to this § 3106.1 shall take effect and be implemented at the beginning of the subsequent fiscal year following approval by the Judicial Council. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-137:4 (July 11, 2006), upon enactment of rules authorized by 7 GCA § 4101(e), pursuant to P.L. 28-137:6. Amended by P.L. 30-061:1 (Nov. 25, 2009). NOTE: P.L. 28-137:10 (July 11, 2006) provides: “[t]he initial implementation of the salary adjustment procedure provided by Title 7 G.C.A., Division 1, Chapter 3, § 3106.1 as enacted by Section 4 may be accomplished by the Judicial Council prior to October 1, 2006, instead of May 1, 2006, if the Supreme Court has complied with Title 7 G.C.A., Chapter 4, § 4101(e) as added by Section 1.”