§ 74-10.5. Salaries.  


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  • Notwithstanding other limits established by law, the following cabinet Secretaries may be annually compensated for their services, payable monthly, as follows:

    1.  The Secretary of Human Resources and Administration may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00);

    2.  The Secretary of Agriculture may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00);

    3.  The Secretary of Commerce and Tourism may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00);

    4.  The Secretary of Education may receive a maximum salary of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00);

    5.  The Secretary of Energy may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00);

    6.  The Secretary of Finance and Administration may receive a maximum salary of Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00);

    7.  The Secretary of Health and the Secretary of Human Services may receive a maximum salary of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00);

    8.  The Secretary of Safety and Security may receive a maximum salary of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00);

    9.  The Secretary of State may receive a maximum salary of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00).  However, if the Secretary of State is designated as a cabinet Secretary, the salary of the Secretary of State may be increased to an amount not to exceed the highest salary provided for a cabinet Secretary pursuant to this section; and

    10.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may receive a maximum salary of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00).

Added by Laws 1997, c. 384, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997.  Amended by Laws 2000, c. 418, § 13, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 371, § 2.