32#2c (MAG) Magistrate Competitive Salary Adjustment. HB1600 - Conference Report

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1997 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Conference Report)

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Magistrate Competitive Salary Adjustment

Item 32 #2c

Item 32 #2c	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Judicial Department
Magistrate System	FY1997 $0	FY1998 $682,993	GF

Language
Page 21, line 33, strike "$13,224,550" and insert "$13,907,543".

Explanation
(This amendment provides $682,993 the second year from the general fund for a salary adjustment to make Magistrate compensation competitive with the comparable position of Hearing Officer in the Executive Branch. This adjustment was recommended in the 1996 JLARC report entitled "Review of the Magistrate System in Virginia.")

Item 32

Item 32	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Pre-Trial, Trial, and Appellate Processes (32100)	$13,132,625	~~$13,162,625~~ $13,224,550
Pre-Trial Assistance (32102)	FY1997 $13,132,625	FY1998 ~~$13,162,625~~ $13,224,550
Fund Sources:
General	FY1997 $13,132,625	FY1998 ~~$13,162,625~~ $13,224,550

Authority: Article VI, § 8, Constitution of Virginia, and Title 19.2, Chapter 3, Code of Virginia.

Included in this item is funding to support 1.6 additional magistrate positions in the second year. The Magistrate System shall allocate these positions to the counties of Stafford and Hanover.