(a) Each circuit judge, chancery judge, circuit-chancery judge, and circuit-chancery judge of the juvenile division of chancery court, Eighteenth Judicial District-East, may employ a secretary-case coordinator to serve each judge at the pleasure of the appointing judge, at an annual salary based upon the classification in the table in subdivision (b)(1) of this section, payable in equal monthly installments by Garland County.
(b)
(1) No payment of salary may be made except in conformity with the salary rates assigned in the table below and only after the appointing judge has certified in writing the term of the employee's experience to the county clerk:
(2) The appointing judge shall have discretion in certifying or omitting to certify increases in salary above the entry level.
GRADE EXPERIENCE SALARY I Entry level $19,500.00 II 18 months $20,250.00 III 36 months $21,000.00 IV 54 months $21,630.00 V 72 months $22,278.90 VI 90 months $22,947.26 VII 108 months $23,635.68
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