§ 33-38-5-6 — Total annual salary for full-time judges

(a) The annual salary of each full-time judge
of a circuit, superior, municipal, county, or probate court is one
hundred ten thousand five hundred dollars ($110,500), as adjusted after
June 30, 2006, under section 8.1 of this chapter, paid by the state. In
addition, a judge under this section may receive any additional salary
provided by the county under IC 36-2-5-14 or IC 36-3-6-3(c). The state
shall deposit quarterly the money received from the counties under
subsection (c) for additional salary in the state general fund.
(b) Before November 2 of each year, the county auditor of each
county shall certify to the office of judicial administration the amounts,
if any, to be provided by the county during the ensuing calendar year
for judges' salaries under IC 36-2-5-14 or IC 36-3-6-3(c).
(c) When making each payment under subsection (a), the county
shall determine for each judge whether the total of:
(1) the payment made on behalf of that judge;
(2) previous payments made on behalf of that judge in the same
calendar year; and
(3) the state share of the judge's salary under subsection (a);
exceeds the Social Security wage base established by the federal
government for that year. If the total does not exceed the Social
Security wage base, the payment on behalf of that judge must also be
accompanied by an amount equal to the employer's share of Social
Security taxes and Medicare taxes. If the total exceeds the Social
Security wage base, the part of the payment on behalf of the judge that
is below the Social Security wage base must be accompanied by an
amount equal to the employer's share of Social Security taxes and
Medicare taxes, and the part of the payment on behalf of the judge that
exceeds the Social Security wage base must be accompanied by an
amount equal to the employer's share of Medicare taxes. Payments
made under this subsection shall be deposited in the state general fund
under subsection (a).
(d) For purposes of determining the amount of life insurance
premiums to be paid by a judge who participates in a life insurance
program that:
(1) is established by the state;
(2) applies to a judge who is covered by this section; and
(3) bases the amount of premiums to be paid by the judge on the
amount of the judge's salary;
the judge's salary does not include any amounts paid to the state by a
county under subsection (a).
(e) An individual is not required to file any notification with the
state comptroller that the individual has been elected or appointed to
a judgeship.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-13-12-8.2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.159-2005, SEC.1; P.L.161-2018, SEC.92; P.L.120-2025, SEC.5.