4 M.R.S. § 6

Any Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, who has retired from the court under this chapter in effect prior to December 1, 1984, or any Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court who retires or terminates service on the court in accordance with chapter 27 , except for a disability retirement, is eligible for appointment as an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court as provided. The Governor may, subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary and to confirmation by the Legislature, appoint any eligible justice as an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for a term of 7 years, unless sooner removed, and that justice may be reappointed for a like term. Any justice appointed and designated as an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court constitutes a part of the court from which the Justice retired and has the same jurisdiction and is subject to the same restrictions as before retirement, except that the Active Retired Justice may act only in the cases and matters and hold court only at the terms and times as directed and assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. The Chief Justice is empowered and authorized to assign and designate an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court as to that justice's services and may direct as to which term of the Law Court the Active Retired Justice attends, and order the Active Retired Justice to hear all matters and issue all orders, notices, decrees and judgments in vacation that any Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court is authorized to hear or issue. [PL 2019, c. 475, §35 (AMD).]