The justices of the supreme court shall each receive such salary as may hereafter be fixed by law. (As amended September 15, 1953.)

ANNOTATIONS

The 1953 amendment, which was proposed by H.J.R. No. 15 (Laws 1953) and adopted at a special election held on September 15, 1953, with a vote of 14,727 for and 12,114 against, amended this section to provide that salaries of supreme court justices should be fixed by law. Prior to amendment, the section provided for an annual salary of $6,000, payable quarterly.

Cross references. — For salaries of justices, see 34-1-9 NMSA 1978.

Comparable provisions. — Idaho Const., art. V, § 17.

Iowa Const., amendment 21.

Montana Const., art. VII, § 7.

Utah Const., art. VIII, § 14.

Wyoming Const., art. V, § 17.

Appropriations for judicial salaries are subject to governor’s veto power. — Judicial salaries must annually be established by the legislature in an appropriations act, as set forth in Subsection E of 34-1-9 NMSA 1978, and are subject to the governor’s partial veto authority. State ex rel. Cisneros v. Martinez, 2015-NMSC-001.

Governor’s partial veto must eliminate the whole of an item to be valid. — Where the legislature provided for two separate judicial raises in two separate appropriations, the governor’s partial veto of one appropriation failed to eliminate the second appropriation providing for judicial raises. State ex rel. Cisneros v. Martinez, 2015-NMSC-001.

Compensation. — The salaries of the judges of constitutionally established courts are not subject to the constitutional prohibition against an increase in compensation during the term for which they were elected. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-27.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 46 Am. Jur. 2d Judges § 54 et seq.

48A C.J.S. Judges §§ 75 to 81, 84.