Effective 7/1/2024

(1)  The salaries of judges of courts of record, as described in Section 78A-1-101, shall be set annually by the Legislature in an appropriations act.

(2)  Judicial salaries shall be based on the following percentages of the salary of a district court judge:

(a)  juvenile court judges:                         100%;

(b)  Business and Chancery Court judges:               100%;

(c)  Court of Appeals judges:                    105%; and

(d)  justices of the Supreme Court:               110%.

(3) 

(a)  A salary described in Subsection (2) does not include additional compensation provided for a presiding judge or associate presiding judge under:

(i)  Section 78A-3-101;

(ii)  Section 78A-4-102;

(iii)  Section 78A-5-106;

(iv)  Section 78A-5a-202; or

(v)  Section 78A-6-203.

(b)  Compensation described in Subsection (3)(a) does not constitute a salary for purposes of Utah Constitution, Article VIII, Section 14.

Amended by Chapter 394, 2023 General Session