Sec. 51-47b. Compensation of senior judges and referees.
Sec. 51-47b. Compensation of senior judges and referees. (a) Each senior judge
who has been designated and assigned by the Chief Justice or the Chief Court Administrator to perform judicial duties as a senior judge pursuant to the provisions of this
section, sections 51-50, 51-50c to 51-50e, inclusive, 51-50i to 51-50k, inclusive, 51-165, 51-198, 52-434a and 52-434b shall receive during the period he shall perform the
judicial duties, in addition to his retirement salary, the compensation provided by law
for a state referee for each day he so performs either judicial duties or duties as a referee
or both.
(b) In no event shall the total of a retired judge's compensation, defined as retirement
salary plus fees payable by the state for services as a senior judge or state referee for
services rendered in any fiscal year, exceed the highest annual salary specified by section
51-47 during the fiscal year for the judicial office held by the retired judge at the time
of retirement.
(P.A. 74-309, S. 6, 17; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 64, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 32, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 23; P.A. 02-132, S. 74.)
History: P.A. 76-436 deleted references to Secs. 17-55 and 51-142 in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-576
rephrased clause re maximum retirement compensation in Subsec. (b) for clarity; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision,
changing "such" to "the" and eliminating obsolete reference to fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; P.A. 02-132 amended
Subsec. (b) by replacing "amount equal to the highest salary on which his retirement salary is based during the fiscal year"
with "highest annual salary specified by section 51-47 during the fiscal year for the judicial office held by the retired judge
at the time of retirement".
See Sec. 52-434(f) re per diem compensation of state referees.
Cited. 214 C. 552.