Section 68540.7.
68540.7. Any judge assigned to a court wherein a judge’s compensation is greater than his or her own shall receive while sitting therein the compensation of a judge thereof. The extra compensation shall be paid in such manner as may be provided by law. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 187, Sec. 3. Effective June 29, […]
Section 68543.
68543. The extra compensation and expenses for travel, board, and lodging of judges sitting in the Supreme Court and courts of appeal under assignments made by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council shall be paid by the state under the rules adopted by the Department of General Services that are applicable to officers of the […]
Section 68543.5.
68543.5. (a) Whenever a judge who has retired under the Judges’ Retirement System or the Judges’ Retirement System II is assigned to serve in a court of record, the state shall pay the judge for each day of service in the court in the amount specified in Section 68543.7, without loss or interruption of retirement benefits, […]
Section 68543.7.
68543.7. Subject to funding in the Budget Act, the Chief Justice shall make available by assignment the equivalent of 50 additional full-time judges. A judge retired under the Judges’ Retirement System or the Judges’ Retirement System II sitting on assignment in a trial court shall be paid in the amount of 92 percent of 1/250th […]
Section 68543.8.
68543.8. (a) The Legislature finds that there is a shortage of judicial officers available to provide temporary assistance to courts in rural counties, under assignment by the chief justice. When courts are unable to obtain temporary assistance, delay of both civil trials and case settlements occur. The availability of an assigned judge can substantially reduce these […]
Section 68544.
68544. When the judge files a claim, the Judicial Council shall draw warrants for the payment of extra compensation or expenses as provided in this article. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 909, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
Section 68545.
68545. The payments by the state toward the extra compensation and expenses provided in this article shall be made from the money appropriated for the support of the Judicial Council. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 158, Sec. 14.3. Effective July 21, 1993.)
Section 68547.
68547. (a) For the purposes of this article, a judge or justice is deemed to serve or sit under assignment on each day during which it is necessary for him or her on account of the assignment to serve in a substantial way on the court to which assigned, to travel to or from such court, […]
Section 68548.
68548. Each judge assigned by the Chairman of the Judicial Council to another court of a like or higher jurisdiction pursuant to Section 6, Article VI, of the State Constitution has no authority to refuse such assignment and shall forthwith accept such assignment and shall sit and hold court as so assigned. (Amended by Stats. […]
Section 68549.
68549. (a) A judge who has been defeated in an election for his or her office and who, before his term of office expires, elects to leave his or her accumulated contributions in the fund pursuant to Section 75033, or to receive benefits pursuant to Section 75033.5, shall not be deemed a retired judge within the […]