Notwithstanding other limits established by law, the following cabinet Secretaries may be annually compensated for their services, payable monthly, as follows:

1. The Secretary of Human Resources and Administration may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00);

2. The Secretary of Agriculture may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00);

3. The Secretary of Commerce and Tourism may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00);

4. The Secretary of Education may receive a maximum salary of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00);

5. The Secretary of Energy may receive a maximum salary of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00);

6. The Secretary of Finance and Administration may receive a maximum salary of Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00);

7. The Secretary of Health and the Secretary of Human Services may receive a maximum salary of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00);

8. The Secretary of Safety and Security may receive a maximum salary of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00);

9. The Secretary of State may receive a maximum salary of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00). However, if the Secretary of State is designated as a cabinet Secretary, the salary of the Secretary of State may be increased to an amount not to exceed the highest salary provided for a cabinet Secretary pursuant to this section; and

10. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may receive a maximum salary of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00).

Added by Laws 1997, c. 384, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 418, § 13, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 371, § 2.