Compensation

(a)Until a specific salary is set for the Justices by another statute, the annual salary of the Chief Justice shall be Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) higher than the annual salary of the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, and the annual salary of each of the full-time Associate Justices shall be Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) less than the annual salary of the Chief Justice.

(b)The hourly salary of a Justice pro tempore shall be the same as the hourly salary of a full-time Associate Justice; provided, that:

(1)The total annual amount of salary may not exceed the annual salary of a full-time Justice;

(2)No Justice pro tempore may be paid for more than forty

(40)hours per week; and

(3)No Justice pro tempore may be paid for more than eight

(8)hours per day.