(a) Each judge shallreceive the annual salary provided in the Current Operations AppropriationsAct, and reimbursement on the same basis as State employees generally, for hisor her necessary subsistence expenses and for travel expenses when on officialbusiness outside the judge's county of residence. For purposes of thissubsection, the term "official business" does not include regular,daily commuting between a judge's home and the court. Travel distances, forpurposes of reimbursement for mileage, shall be determined according to thetravel policy of the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(b) Notwithstandingmerit, longevity and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, ajudge of the district court shall receive as longevity pay an annual amountequal to four and eight‑tenths percent (4.8%) of the annual salary setforth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act payable monthly after fiveyears of service, nine and six‑tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service,fourteen and four‑tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service,nineteen and two‑tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service, andtwenty‑four percent (24%) after 25 years of service. "Service"means service as a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice or as amember of the Utilities Commission or as director or assistant director of theAdministrative Office of the Courts. Service shall also mean service as adistrict attorney or as a clerk of superior court. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967,c. 691, s. 10; 1983, c. 761, s. 245; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 165;c. 1109, ss. 11, 13.1; 1985, c. 698, s. 10(a); 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c.1100, s. 15(d); 1989, c. 770, s. 5; 2007‑323, s. 28.18A(f); 2009‑451,s. 15.17B(a).)
(a) Each judge shallreceive the annual salary provided in the Current Operations AppropriationsAct, and reimbursement on the same basis as State employees generally, for hisor her necessary subsistence expenses and for travel expenses when on officialbusiness outside the judge's county of residence. For purposes of thissubsection, the term "official business" does not include regular,daily commuting between a judge's home and the court. Travel distances, forpurposes of reimbursement for mileage, shall be determined according to thetravel policy of the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(b) Notwithstandingmerit, longevity and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, ajudge of the district court shall receive as longevity pay an annual amountequal to four and eight‑tenths percent (4.8%) of the annual salary setforth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act payable monthly after fiveyears of service, nine and six‑tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service,fourteen and four‑tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service,nineteen and two‑tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service, andtwenty‑four percent (24%) after 25 years of service. "Service"means service as a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice or as amember of the Utilities Commission or as director or assistant director of theAdministrative Office of the Courts. Service shall also mean service as adistrict attorney or as a clerk of superior court. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967,c. 691, s. 10; 1983, c. 761, s. 245; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 165;c. 1109, ss. 11, 13.1; 1985, c. 698, s. 10(a); 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c.1100, s. 15(d); 1989, c. 770, s. 5; 2007‑323, s. 28.18A(f); 2009‑451,s. 15.17B(a).)
(a) Each judge shallreceive the annual salary provided in the Current Operations AppropriationsAct, and reimbursement on the same basis as State employees generally, for hisor her necessary subsistence expenses and for travel expenses when on officialbusiness outside the judge's county of residence. For purposes of thissubsection, the term "official business" does not include regular,daily commuting between a judge's home and the court. Travel distances, forpurposes of reimbursement for mileage, shall be determined according to thetravel policy of the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(b) Notwithstandingmerit, longevity and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, ajudge of the district court shall receive as longevity pay an annual amountequal to four and eight‑tenths percent (4.8%) of the annual salary setforth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act payable monthly after fiveyears of service, nine and six‑tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service,fourteen and four‑tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service,nineteen and two‑tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service, andtwenty‑four percent (24%) after 25 years of service. "Service"means service as a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice or as amember of the Utilities Commission or as director or assistant director of theAdministrative Office of the Courts. Service shall also mean service as adistrict attorney or as a clerk of superior court. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967,c. 691, s. 10; 1983, c. 761, s. 245; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 165;c. 1109, ss. 11, 13.1; 1985, c. 698, s. 10(a); 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c.1100, s. 15(d); 1989, c. 770, s. 5; 2007‑323, s. 28.18A(f); 2009‑451,s. 15.17B(a).)
