Senate Bill 1027 Summary

• Amends Idaho Code sections 1-2005 and 1-2221 to revise senior judge eligibility requirements for justices, judges, and magistrate judges who retire from state courts.

• Requires senior judges to comply with all applicable provisions of the Idaho Code of Judicial Conduct rather than listing specific restrictions on law practice and government positions.

• Adds requirement that magistrate judges obtain consent of the senior judge before assignment by the supreme court, unlike the assignment process for other senior judges.

• Maintains compensation structure at 85% of daily salary for the highest office served, with limits on total compensation when combined with retirement pay, except during extraordinary circumstances approved by the chief justice.

• Clarifies that senior judge service does not accrue additional retirement benefits and does not reduce existing retirement pay entitlements.