As Amended
SEC. 9-1-107. Senior judges.
(1) Retired Court of Appeals, chancery, circuit or county court judges
or retired Supreme Court Justices who are at least sixty-two (62) years
of age, who have served as a judge or justice for at least (1) Retired
Court of Appeals, chancery, circuit or county court judges or retired Supreme
Court Justices * * *, who have served as a judge or justice for at least
eight (8) years and who are either at least sixty-two (62) years of age
or are receiving state retirement benefits and who
desire to be designated as senior judges of the State of Mississippi
shall file a certificate for such designation with the Supreme Court. The
certificate shall be in such form as prescribed by the Supreme Court. The
filing of such certificate shall place such judge on senior status.
(2) If judges who are placed on senior status are receiving retirement benefits by virtue of the provisions of the Public Employees' Retirement Law of 1952, appearing as Sections 25-11-1 through 25-11-139, Mississippi Code of 1972, such benefits shall not be reduced in any sum whatsoever because of being placed on senior status or because of service as a special judge, pursuant to Section 9-1-105, nor shall any sum be deducted as contributions toward retirement under such law.
(3) The Supreme Court shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the service and tenure of senior judges on senior status, and may remove from senior status any judge who does not comply with the dictates of this statute or who, without good cause, refuses appointment under Section 9-1-105.
(4) Any person appointed as senior judge on senior status hereunder
shall, for the period of his service as a special judge pursuant to Section
9-1-105,
receive compensation from the state for each day's service a sum equal
to 1/260 of the current salary in effect for the judicial offices.
Any person appointed as a senior judge on senior status shall be reimbursed
for travel expenses incurred in the performance of the official duties
to which he may be appointed hereunder in the
same manner as other public officials and employees as provided by
Section 25-3-41,
Mississippi Code of 1972. Each judge so serving shall make out an itemized
account of the number of days he in good faith served, and make affidavit
to same and file it with the Clerk of the Supreme Court. The said clerk
shall issue a certificate showing the length of time such senior judge
or judges on senior status served, and the Department of Finance and Administration
shall issue its warrant
therefor.
(5) During tenure as a senior judge, senior judges shall be deemed active members of the Mississippi Conference of Judges and shall be required to satisfy the requirements of continuing judicial education.
SOURCES: Laws, 1989, ch. 587, Sec. 4; Laws, 1993, ch. 518, Sec. 18; Laws, 2001, ch. 348, Sec. 1, SB 2574, eff ____________ (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section.)
PREVIOUS VERSION: Pre-2001.