246.29. A committee on the remuneration of the judges of the Court of Québec and the municipal courts is hereby established.
The function of the committee is to ascertain, every three years, whether the salary, pension plan and other social benefits of the judges of the Court of Québec and the municipal courts of Laval, Montréal and Québec are adequate. A further function of the committee is to ascertain, every three years, whether the salary and other social benefits of the judges of the municipal courts to which the Act respecting municipal courts (chapter C-72.01) applies are adequate. The committee shall submit a report to the Government together with its recommendations.
An additional function of the committee is to examine any change proposed by the chief judge of the Court of Québec, the Conférence des juges du Québec or the Government to the pension plan of the judges of the Court of Québec and the municipal courts of Laval, Montréal and Québec and to the social benefits related to that plan or to the judges’ group insurance plans. The committee shall ascertain whether the proposed change is adequate, and report and make recommendations to the Government in that respect.