A. The chief metropolitan court judge may appoint a retired metropolitan court judge, with the retired judge's consent, to serve as a special master, an arbitrator or a metropolitan court judge pro tempore, subject to money available in the metropolitan court operating budget.
B. A retired metropolitan court judge shall be compensated for his services in an amount equal to ninety percent of the compensation provided to a district court judge pro tempore.
History: Laws 2002, ch. 40, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2002, ch. 40, § 2 made the act effective July 1, 2002.