Sec. 8.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the part of the total salary of an official:
(1) paid by the state; and
(2) set under section 6 or 8 of this chapter;
is increased in each state fiscal year in which the general assembly does not amend the section of law under which the salary is determined to provide a salary increase for the state fiscal year.
(b) The percentage by which salaries are increased in a state fiscal year under this section is equal to the statewide average percentage, as determined by the budget director, by which the salaries of state employees in the executive branch who are in the same or a similar salary bracket exceed, for the state fiscal year, the salaries of executive branch state employees in the same or a similar salary bracket that were in effect on July 1 of the immediately preceding state fiscal year.
(c) The amount of a salary increase under this section is equal to the amount determined by applying the percentage increase for the particular state fiscal year to the salary payable by the state, as previously adjusted under this section, that is in effect on June 30 of the immediately preceding state fiscal year. However, a salary increase that would otherwise occur under this section in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, or in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, shall not occur unless the increase for that state fiscal year is approved by the chief justice of the supreme court.
(d) An official is not entitled to receive a salary increase under this section in a state fiscal year in which state employees described in subsection (b) do not receive a statewide average salary increase.
(e) If a salary increase is required under this section, the budget director shall augment judicial appropriations, including the line items for personal services for the supreme court, local judges' salaries, and county prosecutors' salaries, in the state biennial budget in an amount sufficient to pay for the salary increase from the sources of funds determined by the budget director.
As added by P.L.159-2005, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.229-2011, SEC.265.
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