The House proposed getting rid of the salary tiers that link magistrate court pay to county populations. Delegates voted to raise salaries for 38 magistrates as well as their assistants and clerks and deputy clerks statewide.
The Senate wanted to keep but tweak those salary categories. That approach would benefit 14 magistrates as well as top court staffers.
Both versions respond to the 2010 Census. Declining populations moved Lewis, McDowell, Wetzel and
The Senate has proposed studying magistrate pay during monthly interim meetings.
