OLR Report 2012-R-0489
summarizes the recommendations for judicial compensation made by the Commission
on Compensation of Elected State Officers and Judges from 2002 through
2011.
Prior to the
creation of the Commission on Judicial Compensation by PA 12-93, the Commission
on Compensation of Elected State Officers and Judges was charged with
recommending to the General Assembly legislative proposals for salary, expenses,
pension, workers' compensation, and any other benefits to be paid to the state's
judges (except probate judges), constitutional officers, and members of the
General Assembly (CGS § 2-9a(b)). The law required the commission to submit
recommendations during every odd-numbered year, but also gave it discretion to
make recommendations during even-numbered years.
Over the ten
years preceding the enactment of PA 12-93, the commission recommended a specific
increase in judicial salaries once, when it recommended a 6% increase in 2004.
The legislature subsequently enacted legislation increasing judicial salaries by
5.5% in 2005, 2006, and 2007. In years when the commission made recommendations
from 2007 through 2011, it recommended that judicial salaries be automatically
increased at the same rate as increases received by state managers, however the
legislature took no action on these recommendations.
For more infomation, including a table that summarizes the recommendations from 2002 through 2011, read the full report.
