45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

RELATING TO COURTS; AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION FOR A RETIRED METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGE WHO SERVES AS A SPECIAL MASTER, ARBITRATOR OR A METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGE PRO TEMPORE; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of Chapter 34, Article 8A NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL MASTER, ARBITRATOR OR METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGE PRO TEMPORE--COMPENSATION.--

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."

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2001.