A. A chief district court judge may appoint a retired magistrate judge, with the retired judge's consent, to serve as a magistrate judge pro tempore, subject to the money available to the judge pro tempore fund.
B. The retired magistrate judge shall be:
(1) compensated for his services in an amount equal to the hourly salary paid to magistrate judges; and
(2) reimbursed for his expenses in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] that apply to nonsalaried public officers.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 114, § 1; 2001, ch. 71, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, inserted "compensation" in the section heading; inserted the Subsection A and B designations; in Subsection B, deleted "compensated for his services as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act" following "shall be" and inserted Paragraphs (1) and (2).