Title 32: Taxation and Finance
Chapter 15: SALARIES AND FEES
32 V.S.A. § 1142. Probate judges
§ 1142 § 1142. Probate judges
(a) The annual salaries of the probate judges in the several probate districts, which shall be paid by the state in lieu of all fees or other compensation, shall be as follows:
Annual Salary as of
July 1, 2012
Annual Salary as of
July 14, 2013
(1) Addison $49,820 $51,663
(2) Bennington 62,980 65,310
(3) Caledonia 44,180 45,815
(4) Chittenden 105,104 108,993
(5) Essex 12,342 12,799
(6) Franklin 49,820 51,663
(7) Grand Isle 12,342 12,799
(8) Lamoille 34,780 36,067
(9) Orange 41,360 42,890
(10) Orleans 40,420 41,916
(11) Rutland 89,300 92,604
(12) Washington 68,619 71,158
(13) Windham 55,460 57,512
(14) Windsor 75,200 77,982
(b) Probate judges shall be paid by the state their actual and necessary expenses under the rules and regulations 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; No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 15, 1974; No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1975, No. 118, § 94, eff. April 30, 1975; 1977, No. 109, § 19, eff. July 3, 1977; No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 2, 1978; 1979, No. 59, § 3; 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; No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1995, 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; 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.)