For the performance of the duties established in Section 8-3-1 NMSA 1978, the lieutenant governor shall receive an annual compensation of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000).
History: 1953 Comp., § 4-1-5, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 138, § 3; 1977, ch. 346, § 1; 1980, ch. 133, § 2; 1981, ch. 286, § 2; 1986, ch. 49, § 2; 1989, ch. 237, § 2; 2002, ch. 95, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For compensation of other elective state officers, see 8-1-1 NMSA 1978.
For the compensation of the lieutenant governor while presiding officer of the senate, see N.M. Const., art. V, § 12.
The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, substituted "eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000)" for "sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000)".