§ 24-8-314 - Municipal judge filling partial term, etc.

24-8-314. Municipal judge filling partial term, etc.

(a) Any judge of a municipal court who was elected countywide to a partial term left vacant by the death of the former judge and who shall have completed the same and subsequently shall have been elected to and completed four (4) consecutive four-year terms and shall at the time of his retirement have attained age fifty (50), upon retirement shall receive retirement benefits for and during the remainder of his natural life in an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the salary payable to him at the time of his retirement.

(b) Upon his death, his surviving widow shall be entitled for the remainder of her natural life, or until she remarries, benefits equal to one-half (1/2) of the retirement benefits which the deceased judge was receiving at the time of his death.