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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The annual compensation to be paid to the officers mentioned in Section One of this article shall be as follows: governor, five thousand dollars; secretary of state, three thousand dollars; state auditor, three thousand dollars; state treasurer, three thousand dollars; attorney general, four thousand dollars; superintendent of public instruction, three thousand dollars; and commissioner of public lands, three thousand dollars; which compensation shall be paid to the respective officers in equal quarterly payments.
The lieutenant governor shall receive ten dollars per diem while acting as presiding officer of the senate, and mileage at the same rate as a state senator.
The compensation herein fixed shall be full payment for all services rendered by said officers and they shall receive no other fees or compensation whatsoever.
The compensation of any of said officers may be increased or decreased by law after the expiration of ten years from the date of the admission of New Mexico as a state.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Constitution Art. V, § 12. Compensation of executive officers - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/new-mexico-constitution/nm-const-art-v-sect-12/
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