Iowa Code Title XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures [Chs. 595-686] § 602.9104. Deductions from judges' salaries--contributions by state

1. a. A judge to whom this article applies shall be paid an amount equal to the basic salary of the judge as set by the general assembly reduced by an amount designated as the judge's required contribution to the judicial retirement fund.  The amount designated as the judge's required contribution shall be paid by the state in the manner provided in subsection 2.

b. The state shall contribute annually to the judicial retirement fund an amount equal to the state's required contribution for all judges covered under this article.  

a. “Judge's required contribution” means an amount equal to the basic salary of the judge multiplied by the percentage rate equal to thirty-five percent of the required contribution rate.

b. “Required contribution rate” means that percentage of the basic salary of all judges covered under this article equal to the actuarially required contribution rate determined by the actuary pursuant to section 602.9116.  The required contribution rate shall not vary by more than one percentage point from the required contribution rate for the prior fiscal year.

c. “State's required contribution” means an amount equal to the basic salary of all judges covered under this article multiplied by the percentage rate equal to sixty-five percent of the required contribution rate.