Sec. 5. (a) A senior judge is entitled to the following compensation:
(1) For each of the first thirty (30) days of service in a calendar year, a per diem of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175).
(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), for each day the senior judge serves after serving the first thirty (30) days of service in a calendar year, a per diem of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(3) Reimbursement for:
(A) mileage; and
(B) reasonable expenses, including but not limited to meals and lodging, incurred in performing service as a senior judge;
for each day served as a senior judge.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), the per diem and reimbursement for mileage and reasonable expenses under subsection (a) shall be paid by the state.
(c) The compensation under subsection (a)(2) must be paid by the state from funds appropriated to the supreme court for judicial payroll. If the payroll fund is insufficient to pay the compensation under subsection (a)(2), the supreme court may issue an order adjusting the compensation rate.
(d) A senior judge appointed under this chapter may not be compensated as a senior judge for more than one hundred (100) total calendar days during a calendar year.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-8-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.220; P.L.119-2007, SEC.1; P.L.161-2018, SEC.46.
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