1. I. For purposes of calculating the annual salaries of part-time district court justices appointed after July 1, 1987, the supreme court shall establish and revise as needed a weighted case value, relating the judicial time required for each type of case included in the court's jurisdiction, which when multiplied by the caseload of each court will produce the number of weighted case units for that court. Any revisions to the weighted case values shall be approved by the legislature. The number of weighted case units shall be calculated by the administrative office of the courts in July of each year, using caseload statistics for the preceding 12-month period. Said weighted case units shall serve as the basis for determining the salary of part-time justices for the next calendar year.

2. II. The following compensation schedule shall be used when calculating salaries for part-time district court justices, beginning July 1, 1987:

   Weighted
   Case Units	Step Increase Per 100 Case Units
   	1	2	3	4	5
   0-499	$2,500	$3,217	$3,928	$4,642	$5,356
   500-999	6,070	6,784	7,498	8,212	8,926
   1000-1499	9,640	10,354	11,068	11,782	12,496
   1500-1999	13,329	14,162	14,995	15,828	16,661
   2000-2499	17,494	18,327	19,160	19,993	20,826
   2500-2999	21,659	22,492	23,325	24,258	24,991
   3000-3499	25,824	26,657	27,490	28,323	29,156
   3500-3999	29,989	30,822	31,655	32,488	33,321
   4000-4499	34,154	34,987	35,820	36,653	37,486
   4500-4999	38,319	39,152	39,985	40,818	41,651
   5000-5250	42,484	43,317	43,733	-	-

3. III. The salary of a part-time justice shall not exceed 70 percent of the taxable salary of a full-time district court justice as provided by RSA 491-A:1. Judicial time shall be measured in weighted case units which shall reflect judicial time required to process a case. The compensation per weighted case unit shall be proportional to the taxable compensation for a full-time judge. A part-time justice, whose weighted caseload equals 3.5 judicial days per week, shall receive the maximum salary as provided by this section. The compensation schedule provided by this section shall be based upon the taxable salary of a full-time district court justice pursuant to RSA 491-A:1.
4. IV. The supreme court, after reviewing population, caseload, judicial time and efficiency, available judicial resources, the needs of the judicial branch family division, and other relevant criteria may request the governor and council to designate a sitting part-time justice as a full-time justice. The court may recommend certain justices; however, the governor and council shall not be bound by that recommendation. Upon designation, that justice shall become full-time. Prior to making its request, there shall be funds in the court's budget specifically appropriated for the salary and benefits of an additional full-time district court justice.

Source. 1987, 272:1. 1992, 284:14. 1995, 308:47. 1998, 75:1. 2003, 311:4. 2005, 177:15, eff. July 1, 2005. 2012, 247:33, 34, eff. Aug. 17, 2012. 2015, 109:1, eff. June 5, 2015.