Sec. 51-50l. Retired senior judges eligible for appointment as state referees.
Sec. 51-50l. Retired senior judges eligible for appointment as state referees.
(a) Each senior judge who ceases to hold office as a senior judge because of having
reached the age of seventy years and who is an elector and a resident of this state shall
be a state referee for the remainder of his term of office as a judge and shall be eligible for
appointment as a state referee during the remainder of his life in the manner prescribed by
law for the appointment of a judge of the court of which he is a member.
(b) Each such judge who was a judge of the Superior Court or the Court of Common
Pleas may exercise, as shall be prescribed by law, the powers of a judge of the Superior
Court on matters referred to him as a state referee by the Chief Court Administrator as
provided in section 2 of article eighth of the amendments to the Constitution of this state.
(P.A. 74-309, S. 8, 17; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 68, 681; P.A. 79-426, S. 2; P.A. 80-222, S. 2; P.A. 82-248, S. 34; P.A. 84-546, S. 111, 173; P.A. 87-508, S. 8, 10.)
History: P.A. 76-436 revised section to reflect transfer of common pleas court functions to superior court, effective
July 1, 1978; P.A. 79-426 specified that senior judges 70 years old or older are eligible for appointment as state referee
where previously section stated that such senior judges "shall be" referees, implying automatic change in status; P.A. 80-222 specified that senior judges, upon reaching 70 years of age, automatically become state referees for the remaining
portion of their term of office as judge; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing
section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; P.A. 84-546 made technical change in Subsec. (b), correcting
constitutional cite; P.A. 87-508 amended Subsec. (a) to require that state referees be electors and residents of this state.
Cited. 199 C. 496.