§ 1142. Probate judges
(a) The Probate judges in the several Probate Districts shall be entitled to receive the following annual salaries, which shall be paid by the State in lieu of all fees or other compensation:
Annual Salary as of Annual Salary as
July 7, 2019 of January 5, 2020
(1) Addison $62,540 $63,384
(2) Bennington 79,060 80,127
(3) Caledonia 55,461 56,210
(4) Chittenden 131,939 133,720
(5) Essex 15,494 15,703
(6) Franklin 62,540 63,384
(7) Grand Isle 15,494 15,703
(8) Lamoille 43,660 44,249
(9) Orange 51,919 52,620
(10) Orleans 50,740 51,425
(11) Rutland 112,100 113,613
(12) Washington 86,138 87,301
(13) Windham 69,620 70,560
(14) Windsor 94,400 95,674
(b) Probate judges shall be entitled to be paid by the State for their actual and necessary expenses under the rules and regulations pertaining to classified State employees. The compensation for the Probate judge of the Chittenden District shall be for full-time service.
(c) All Probate judges, regardless of the number of hours worked annually, shall be eligible to participate in all employee benefits that are available to exempt employees of the Judicial Department. (Amended 1961, No. 278, § 1, eff. Aug. 1, 1961; 1965, No. 195, § 2; 1967, No. 339 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1971, No. 105, § 2; 1973, No. 117, § 5; 1973, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 15, 1974; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1975, No. 118, § 94, eff. April 30, 1975; 1977, No. 109, § 19, eff. July 3, 1977; 1977, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 2, 1978; 1979, No. 59, § 3; 1979, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1981, No. 91, § 8, eff. July 5, 1981; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. July 4, 1982; 1983, No. 88, § 4, eff. July 3, 1983; 1983, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1985, No. 93, § 4; 1985, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1987, No. 121, § 6; 1987, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1989, No. 67, § 5; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 8, 1990; 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 19, 1992; 1993, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 1, 1994; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1995, 1993, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1997, No. 28, § 3, eff. May 15, 1997; 1999, No. 40, § 4, eff. July 4, 1999; 2001, No. 66, § 4; 2001, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 2002; 2003, No. 66, § 318; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. July 11, 2004; 2005, No. 66, § 5; 2007, No. 47, § 3; 2009, No. 4, § 119, eff. April 29, 2009; 2009, No. 4, § 123, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 199, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2011, No. 1, § 6, eff. Feb. 2, 2011; 2011, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2013, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2015, No. 58, § B.1114, eff. June 11, 2015; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § F6; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. July 1, 2019.)