§604-2.5 - Salary of district judges. - Hawaii Statutes

     §604-2.5  Salary of district judges.  Effective July 1, 2004, the salary of a district court judge shall be as last recommended by the judicial salary commission.  Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salary of each district court judge of the various district courts of the State shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26‑56, unless disapproved by the legislature.

     Whenever the chief justice appoints a district court judge of any of the various district courts of the State to serve temporarily as a circuit court judge of any of the various circuit courts of the State, the judge shall receive per diem compensation for the days on which actual service is rendered based on the monthly rate of compensation paid to a circuit court judge.  For the purpose of determining per diem compensation in this section, a month shall be deemed to consist of twenty-one days. [L 1970, c 188, §12; am L 1975, c 58, §28; am L 1982, c 129, §27; am L 1986, c 128, §25; am L 1988, c 396, §2; am L 1990, c 72, §6; am L 1999, c 65, §7; am L 2000, c 2, §5; am L 2003, c 123, §5; am L 2006, c 299, §10]