(a) Any judge retired pursuant to this chapter who is appointed by the Supreme Court or any court of appeal, or division thereof, to act as a master or referee in any proceeding pending before any such court or before the Commission on Judicial Performance, shall be paid while so acting, in addition to his or her retirement allowance (taken without reduction on account of any election pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 75570)) the difference, if any, between the retirement allowance and the compensation of a judge of the court from which he or she retired.

(b) When appointed to act as referee in a county other than that in which he or she resides, he or she shall also be allowed his or her necessary expenses for travel, board, and lodging incurred in the discharge of that appointment.

Terms Used In California Government Code 75583

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(c) The extra compensation and expenses, if any, shall be chargeable to the state.

(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 879, Sec. 11. Effective September 27, 1994. Operative November 9, 1994, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 879.)

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