LA HB597

Annual salary increases for Louisiana Supreme Court, court of appeal, district court, city court, and parish court judges would be tied to the five-year rolling average of the Consumer Price Index, calculated by the Department of Treasury each year after February 1st

Increases take effect each July 1st, subject to annual appropriation by the legislature

Annual percentage increase is capped at the five-year rolling average of pay increases for full-time state classified employees, as reported by the Department of Civil Service

Salary increases require prior approval by both the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana Judicial Budgetary Control Board, with raises suspended if insufficient funding is available

Repeals existing law governing the Judicial Compensation Commission (R.S. 13:42-50), which previously made salary recommendations to the legislature for adoption by concurrent resolution