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An Act relative to judicial compensation, the official text

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	SECTION 1. Section 22 of chapter 211 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: -
	Such compensation shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region commencing the first day in July of the year 2025, and every year thereafter
	SECTION 2. Section 2 of Chapter 211A of the General Laws by adding at the end thereof the following: -
	Such compensation shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region commencing the first day in July of the year 2025, and every year thereafter
	SECTION 3. Section 4 of Chapter 211B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: -
	Such compensation shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region commencing the first day in July of the year 2025, and every year thereafter
	SECTION 4. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 65J the following section: -
	Section 65k. All justices of the supreme judicial court, appeals court and the several departments of the trial court, who have reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 under the Massachusetts Constitution, Part II, c.3 article 1, as amended by the Article 98 of the Amendments, shall be entitled to an adjustment to their annual pension; and said pension shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region commencing on July 1, 2025, and every year thereafter.
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