(1) When any county judge of the state shall be physically unable to attend to the business of his or her court to the extent that the business of the county court shall suffer on account of the physical disability, the circuit judge of the district in which the county is located shall have authority to certify to the Governor the physical disability of the county judge. The Governor shall appoint someone to hold the county court until such time as the regular county judge shall be physically able to resume his or her official duties.
(2) Every person appointed to serve as special judge of a county court shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate of forty dollars ($40.00) per day for each day he or she shall sit, to be paid out of the county treasury.