Article VI.
Judicial Department

Section 29. Salaries

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19701960

Salaries

Summary: Repealed

Election Date: November 3, 1970

Votes For Ratification: 211,592

Votes Against Ratification: 120,016

Percent for Ratification: 64%

Percent Against Ratification: 36%

Notes: Affected Article IV, part 2, section 1; Article V, section 13; Article VI, section 29; Article XV, section 18

Amendment Source: 1970 HCR 14

Effective Date Source:

19701960

Salaries

The salaries of all justices and judges shall be as provided by law.
Effective January 2, 1961, and until otherwise provided by law, the salary of justices of the Supreme Court shaIl be nineteen thousand five hundred dollars per year, and the salary of judges of the superior court shall be seventeen thousand five hundred dollars per year.

Summary: Modernized the judicial system

Election Date: November 8, 1960

Votes For Ratification: 166,199

Votes Against Ratification: 86,508

Percent for Ratification: 66%

Percent Against Ratification: 34%

Notes:

Amendment Source: 1960 Initiative

Effective Date Source: