SB503: Bill Text

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 Senate BILL 503

January 11, 2006 - Introduced by Senators Darling and Roessler, cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Jeskewitz, Staskunas, Townsend and Albers. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.

SB503,1,2 An Act to amend 753.075 (3) (a) of the statutes; relating to: the compensation paid for temporary reserve judges.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, temporary reserve judges are paid a per diem that is equal to $302.02, based on a statutorily established figure that has been increased by the percentage increase that circuit court judges have received.

This bill creates a per diem rate for temporary reserve judges equal to 90 percent of the daily rate paid to the judge of the court to which the reserve judge is assigned. If the temporary reserve judge is acting as a circuit court judge, based on the daily salary of circuit court judges, the per diem rate would be approximately $389.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB503, s. 1 Section 1. 753.075 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB503,2,14 753.075 (3) (a) Temporary reserve judges shall receive a per diem of $255.66. Commencing August 1, 1998, the per diem for temporary reserve judges shall be increased by the same percentage increase authorized for circuit court judges' salaries equal to 90 percent of the daily salary of a judge of the court to which the reserve judge is assigned. While serving outside the county in which they reside temporary reserve judges shall also receive actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of judicial duties. This per diem compensation is not subject to s. 40.26 but the combined amount of this compensation and any other judicial compensation together with retirement annuities under the Wisconsin retirement system, the Milwaukee County retirement fund and other state, county, municipal, or other Wisconsin governmental retirement funds received by him or her during any one calendar year shall not exceed the yearly compensation of a circuit judge. The per diem compensation and actual and necessary expenses shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (a) when the judge is assigned to a circuit court and from the appropriation under s. 20.660 (1) (a) when the judge is assigned to the court of appeals.

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