1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to courts; establishing the salary of the 
  1.3             executive director of the board on judicial standards; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15A.083, 
  1.5             subdivisions 4 and 6a. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15A.083, 
  1.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4.  [RANGES FOR OTHER JUDICIAL POSITIONS.] Salaries 
  1.10  or salary ranges are provided for the following positions in the 
  1.11  judicial branch of government.  The appointing authority of any 
  1.12  position for which a salary range has been provided shall fix 
  1.13  the individual salary within the prescribed range, considering 
  1.14  the qualifications and overall performance of the employee.  The 
  1.15  supreme court shall set the salary of the state court 
  1.16  administrator and the salaries of district court 
  1.17  administrators.  The salary of the state court administrator or 
  1.18  a district court administrator may not exceed the salary of a 
  1.19  district court judge.  If district court administrators die, the 
  1.20  amounts of their unpaid salaries for the months in which their 
  1.21  deaths occur must be paid to their estates.  The salary of the 
  1.22  state public defender must be 95 percent of the salary of the 
  1.23  attorney general.  
  1.24                                          ~~Salary or Range~~
  1.25                                             ~~Effective~~ 
  2.1                                            ~~July 1, 1994~~
  2.2   ~~Board on judicial standards~~
  2.3   ~~executive director~~                      ~~$44,000-60,000~~ 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15A.083, 
  2.5   subdivision 6a, is amended to read: 
  2.6      Subd. 6a.  [ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; MAXIMUM SALARY.] The 
  2.7   maximum salary of an administrative law judge in the classified 
  2.8   service employed by the office of administrative hearings is 90 
  2.9   percent of the salary of district court judges as set under 
  2.10  section 15A.082, subdivision 3.  The maximum salary of the 
  2.11  executive director of the board on judicial standards is 90 
  2.12  percent of the salary of district court judges as set under 
  2.13  section 15A.082, subdivision 3.