The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 32 : Taxation and Finance
Chapter 015 : Salaries and Fees
Subchapter 004 : JUDGES AND COURT APPOINTEES
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 1142)-
§ 1142. Probate judges
(a) The Probate judges in the several Probate Districts shall be entitled to receive the following annual salaries, which shall be paid by the State in lieu of all fees or other compensation:
Annual Annual Salary Salary as of as of July 14, July 13, 2024 2025 (1) Addison $76,555 $80,689 (2) Bennington $96,776 102,002 (3) Caledonia $67,891 $71,557 (4) Chittenden $161,506 $170,227 (5) Essex $18,966 $19,990 (6) Franklin $76,555 $80,689 (7) Grand Isle $18,966 $19,990 (8) Lamoille $53,443 $56,329 (9) Orange $63,554 $66,986 (10) Orleans $62,110 $65,464 (11) Rutland $137,221 $144,631 (12) Washington $105,441 $111,135 (13) Windham $85,221 $89,823 (14) Windsor $115,555 $121,795 (b) Probate judges shall be entitled to be paid by the State for their actual and necessary expenses under the rules pertaining to classified State employees. The compensation for the Probate judge of the Chittenden District shall be for full-time service.
(c) All Probate judges, regardless of the number of hours worked annually, shall be eligible to participate in all employee benefits that are available to exempt employees of the Judicial Department. (Amended 1961, No. 278, § 1, eff. Aug. 1, 1961; 1965, No. 195, § 2; 1967, No. 339 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1971, No. 105, § 2; 1973, No. 117, § 5; 1973, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 15, 1974; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1975, No. 118, § 94, eff. April 30, 1975; 1977, No. 109, § 19, eff. July 3, 1977; 1977, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 2, 1978; 1979, No. 59, § 3; 1979, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1981, No. 91, § 8, eff. July 5, 1981; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. July 4, 1982; 1983, No. 88, § 4, eff. July 3, 1983; 1983, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1985, No. 93, § 4; 1985, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1987, No. 121, § 6; 1987, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1989, No. 67, § 5; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 8, 1990; 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 19, 1992; 1993, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 1, 1994; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1995, 1993, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1997, No. 28, § 3, eff. May 15, 1997; 1999, No. 40, § 4, eff. July 4, 1999; 2001, No. 66, § 4; 2001, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 2002; 2003, No. 66, § 318; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. July 11, 2004; 2005, No. 66, § 5; 2007, No. 47, § 3; 2009, No. 4, § 119, eff. April 29, 2009; 2009, No. 4, § 123, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 199, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2011, No. 1, § 6, eff. Feb. 2, 2011; 2011, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2013, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2015, No. 58, § B.1114, eff. June 11, 2015; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § F6; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. July 1, 2019; 2021, No. 74, § F.107; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 480, eff. July 1, 2022; 2021, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § F.106, eff. July 1, 2022; 2023, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § G.106, eff. July 1, 2024.)
