755.04 Salary. The governing body shall fix a salary for the judge. The salary may be increased by the governing body before the start of the 2nd or a subsequent year of service of the term of the judge, but shall not be decreased during a term. The salary of a municipal judge who is designated or appointed under s. 8.50 (4) (fm) or 800.06 shall be determined by contract between the municipality and the judge. The judge may not serve until the contract is entered into. Salaries may be paid annually or in equal installments as determined by the governing body, but no judge may be paid a salary for any time during the term during which the judge has not executed and filed his or her official bond or official oath, as required by s. 755.03.
History: 1977 c. 187 s. 94; 1977 c. 305 s. 64; Stats. 1977 s. 755.04; 1985 a. 304; 2009 a. 402.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 755 - Municipal court.
755.01 - Option of municipality.
755.05 - Territorial jurisdiction.
755.12 - Delivery of books to municipal clerk.
755.13 - Books demanded by municipal clerk.
755.14 - Duty of clerk on receipt of books.
755.15 - Pending actions triable by court which receives books.
755.16 - Continuance on vacancy; notice of trial.
755.17 - Municipal court decorum and facilities.
755.18 - Municipal judge and court clerk training.