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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 602.9203, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A judicial officer referred to in subsection 1 qualifies
  1  4 for a senior judgeship may be appointed, at the discretion of
  1  5 the supreme court, for a two-year term as a senior judge if
  1  6 the judicial officer meets all of the following requirements:
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 602.9203, subsection 5, Code 1995, is
  1  8 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1  9 thereof the following:
  1 10    5.  A senior judge may be reappointed to additional two-
  1 11 year terms, at the discretion of the supreme court, if the
  1 12 judicial officer meets the requirements of subsection 2.
  1 13    Sec. 3.  Section 602.9204, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
  1 14 amended to read as follows:
  1 15    1.  A senior judge or a retired senior judge who retires on
  1 16 or after July 1, 1994 and who is appointed a senior judge
  1 17 under section 602.9203, shall not be paid a salary as
  1 18 determined by the general assembly.  A senior judge or retired
  1 19 senior judge shall be paid an annuity under the judicial
  1 20 retirement system in the manner provided in section 602.9109,
  1 21 but computed under this section in lieu of section 602.9107,
  1 22 as follows:  The annuity paid to a senior judge or retired
  1 23 senior judge shall be an amount equal to three percent of the
  1 24 basic senior judge salary, multiplied by the judge's years of
  1 25 service prior to retirement as a judge of one or more of the
  1 26 courts included under this article, for which contributions
  1 27 were made to the system, except the annuity of the senior
  1 28 judge or retired senior judge shall not exceed fifty percent
  1 29 of the basic senior judge salary used in calculating the
  1 30 annuity.  However, following the twelve-month period during
  1 31 which the senior judge or retired senior judge attains
  1 32 seventy-eight years of age, the annuity paid to the person
  1 33 shall be an amount equal to three percent of the basic senior
  1 34 judge salary cap, multiplied by the judge's years of service
  1 35 prior to retirement as a judge of one or more of the courts
  2  1 included under this article, for which contributions were made
  2  2 to the system, except that the annuity shall not exceed fifty
  2  3 percent of the basic senior judge salary cap.  A senior judge
  2  4 or retired senior judge shall not receive benefits calculated
  2  5 using a basic senior judge salary established after the
  2  6 twelve-month period in which the senior judge or retired
  2  7 senior judge attains seventy-eight years of age.  In addition,
  2  8 if a senior judge is under sixty-five years of age at the time
  2  9 the judge becomes a senior judge, the state shall pay the
  2 10 state's share of the senior judge's medical insurance premium
  2 11 until the judge attains age sixty-five.
  2 12    Sec. 4.  Section 602.9204, subsection 2, paragraphs a and
  2 13 c, Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
  2 14    a.  "Basic senior judge salary" means the average annual
  2 15 basic salary for the senior judge's or retired senior judge's
  2 16 last three years as a judge of one or more of the courts
  2 17 included in this article basic annual salary which the judge
  2 18 is receiving at the time the judge becomes separated from
  2 19 full-time service, as would be used in computing an annuity
  2 20 pursuant to section 602.9107 without service as a senior
  2 21 judge, plus seventy-five percent of the escalator.
  2 22    c.  "Escalator" means the difference between the current
  2 23 basic salary, as of the time each payment is made up to and
  2 24 including the twelve-month period during which the senior
  2 25 judge or retired senior judge attains seventy-eight years of
  2 26 age, of the office in which the senior judge last served as a
  2 27 judge before retirement as a judge or senior judge, and the
  2 28 average annual basic salary for the senior judge's or retired
  2 29 senior judge's last three years basic annual salary which the
  2 30 judge is receiving at the time the judge becomes separated
  2 31 from full-time service as a judge of one or more of the courts
  2 32 included in this article, as would be used in computing an
  2 33 annuity pursuant to section 602.9107 without service as a
  2 34 senior judge.
  2 35    Sec. 5.  Section 602.9208, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
  3  1 amended to read as follows:
  3  2    3.  A person who relinquishes a senior judgeship in the
  3  3 manner provided in subsection 1 or who is not reappointed
  3  4 shall be paid a retirement annuity that commences on the
  3  5 effective date of the relinquishment or the date of the
  3  6 completion of the term or appointment and shall be based upon
  3  7 the number of years the person served as a senior judge.  A
  3  8 person who serves six or more years as a senior judge shall be
  3  9 paid a retirement annuity that is in an amount equal to the
  3 10 amount of the annuity the person is receiving on the effective
  3 11 date of the relinquishment or the date of the completion of
  3 12 the term or appointment in lieu of an amount determined
  3 13 according to section 602.9204.  If the person serves less than
  3 14 six years as a senior judge, the person shall be paid a
  3 15 retirement annuity that is in an amount equal to an amount
  3 16 determined according to section 602.9107 added to an amount
  3 17 equal to the number of years the person served as a senior
  3 18 judge, divided by six, multiplied by the difference between
  3 19 the amount of the annuity the person is receiving on the
  3 20 effective date of the relinquishment and the amount determined
  3 21 according to section 602.9107.  A person who is removed from a
  3 22 senior judgeship as provided in subsection 2 shall be paid a
  3 23 retirement annuity that commences on the effective date of the
  3 24 removal and is in an amount determined according to section
  3 25 602.9107 in lieu of section 602.9204, and any service and
  3 26 annuity of the person as a senior judge is disregarded.
  3 27    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  3 29 SF 427
  3 30 mk/cc/26
     
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