Sec. 9932.

(1) The salary of each judge of a municipal court of record, including the chief judge and recorder, shall be determined as provided in this section.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), each judge of the municipal court of record, including the chief judge and the recorder, shall receive an annual salary from the county in which the court is located in the same amount as paid by the state to circuit judges. The state shall reimburse to the county an amount equal to the annual salary paid by the county to a judge of the municipal court of record under this subsection.

(3) As an additional salary, the city in which the court is located shall pay to each judge of the municipal court of record an amount determined as follows:

(a) Until the salary of a justice of the supreme court exceeds $128,538.00, each judge shall receive an additional salary of $43,943.00. If the city pays each judge $43,943.00 and not less than or more than $43,943.00, including any cost-of-living allowance, the state shall reimburse the city, for each judge of the municipal court of record, an amount equal to the additional salary paid by the city to a judge of the municipal court of record under this subdivision.

(b) If the salary of a justice of the supreme court exceeds $128,538.00 but is not more than $130,633.00, each judge shall receive an additional salary that is the difference between 85% of the salary of a justice of the supreme court and $65,314.00. If the city pays each judge the difference between 85% of the salary of a justice of the supreme court and $65,314.00, the state shall reimburse to the city that amount. If the city pays any judge an additional salary, including any cost-of-living allowance, that exceeds that amount, the city is not entitled to reimbursement from the state under this subdivision.

(c) If the salary of a justice of the supreme court exceeds $130,633.00, each judge shall receive an additional salary of $45,724.00. If the city pays each judge $45,724.00, the state shall reimburse to the city that amount. If the city pays any judge an additional salary, including any cost-of-living allowance, that exceeds $45,724.00, the city is not entitled to reimbursement from the state under this subdivision.

(4) An increase in the amount of salary payable to a judge under subsection (2) caused by an increase in the salary payable to a justice of the supreme court resulting from the operation of Act No. 357 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 15.211 to 15.218 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall not be effective until February 1 of the year in which the increase in the salary of a justice of the supreme court becomes effective. If an increase in salary becomes effective on February 1 of a year in which an increase in the salary of a justice of the supreme court becomes effective, the increase shall be retroactive to January 1 of that year.

(5) Neither the county nor the city shall pay a cost-of-living allowance or any other cash compensation, other than the salaries authorized by subsections (2) to (3), to a judge of the municipal court of record.

History: Add. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997