SECTIONS 74740-74742

74740.  Notwithstanding Section 71040, there shall be a municipalcourt in a judicial district, embracing the Cities of Chula Vista,Coronado, Imperial Beach, National City, that portion of the City ofSan Diego lying southerly of the City of Chula Vista and the portionof the City of San Diego lying within San Diego Bay south of awesterly continuation of the northern boundary of National City tothe point of intersection with the eastern boundary of the City ofCoronado, and such other contiguous area as the board of supervisorsmay direct, designated the South Bay Judicial District. This article applies to the municipal court established pursuantto this section.74742.  (a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, eachjudge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance,accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annualphysical examinations, executive flexible benefits plan, except thatif deferred compensation is selected, no adjustment based onretirement tier shall apply, and dental and vision insurance asprovided by the County of San Diego for the classification of chiefadministrative officer. Changes in those benefits shall be effectiveon the same date as for those for the classification of chiefadministrative officer. (b) Subject to approval by the board of supervisors, each judge ofthe municipal court shall receive one or more of the followingbenefits: the same long-term disability insurance as provided by theCounty of San Diego for the classification of chief administrativeofficer or retiree health benefits whereby each judge of themunicipal court serving on or after October 1, 1987, who retires fromthe municipal court on or after January 1, 1989, shall receive thesame amount of insurance premium for retiree health benefits underthe Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (Part 5(commencing with Section 22750) of Title 2) that the state providesto retired superior court judges under that act.