1. A senior judge or a retired senior judge shall not be paid a salary. A senior judge or retired senior judge shall be paid an annuity under the judicial retirement system in the manner provided in section 602.9109, but computed under this section in lieu of section 602.9107, as follows: The annuity paid to a senior judge or retired senior judge shall be an amount equal to three percent of the basic senior judge salary, multiplied by the judge's years of service prior to retirement as a judge of one or more of the courts included under this article, for which contributions were made to the system, except the annuity of the senior judge or retired senior judge shall not exceed fifty percent of the basic senior judge salary used in calculating the annuity. However, following the twelve-month period during which the senior judge or retired senior judge attains seventy-eight years of age, the annuity paid to the person shall be an amount equal to three percent of the basic senior judge salary cap, multiplied by the judge's years of service prior to retirement as a judge of one or more of the courts included under this article, for which contributions were made to the system, except that the annuity shall not exceed fifty percent of the basic senior judge salary cap. A senior judge or retired senior judge shall not receive benefits calculated using a basic senior judge salary established after the twelve-month period in which the senior judge or retired senior judge attains seventy-eight years of age. In addition, if a senior judge is under sixty-five years of age at the time the judge becomes a senior judge, the state shall pay the state's share of the senior judge's medical insurance premium until the judge attains age sixty-five.
2. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. "Basic senior judge salary" means the average annual basic salary for the senior judge's or retired senior judge's last three years as a judge of one or more of the courts included in this article, as would be used in computing an annuity pursuant to section 602.9107 without service as a senior judge, plus seventy-five percent of the escalator.
b. "Basic senior judge salary cap" means the basic senior judge salary, at the end of the twelve-month period during which the senior judge or retired senior judge attained seventy-eight years of age, of the office in which the person last served as a judge before retirement as a judge or senior judge.
c. "Escalator" means the difference between the current basic salary, as of the time each payment is made up to and including the twelve-month period during which the senior judge or retired senior judge attains seventy-eight years of age, of the office in which the senior judge last served as a judge before retirement as a judge or senior judge, and the average annual basic salary for the senior judge's or retired senior judge's last three years as a judge of one or more of the courts included in this article, as would be used in computing an annuity pursuant to section 602.9107 without service as a senior judge.
[C81, § 605A.24]
83 Acts, ch 186, § 10202(2) ~ICS83, § 602.9204 ~I86 Acts, ch 1243, § 41; 89 Acts, ch 162, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1201, §73; 94 Acts, ch 1183, §86
Referred to in § 602.9107A, 602.9115A, 602.9203, 602.9208
Interpretive memorandum by Supreme Court filed July 22, 1982
Applicability of 1992 amendments; 92 Acts, ch 1201, §76; 92 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1001, § 116 ~IApplicability of 1994 amendments; 94 Acts, ch 1183, §90
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