26.57  Temporary designation of county court judge to preside over circuit court cases.--In each county where there is no resident circuit judge and the county court judge has been a member of the bar for at least 5 years and is qualified to be a circuit judge, the county court judge may be designated on a temporary basis to preside over circuit court cases by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court upon recommendation of the chief judge of the circuit, and the judge so designated shall receive the same salary as a duly elected circuit judge for the time periods that the county judge is actually presiding over circuit court cases. He or she may be assigned to exercise all county and circuit court jurisdiction in the county, except appeals from the county court. In addition, he or she may be required to perform the duties of circuit judge in other counties of the circuit as time may permit and as the need arises, as determined by the chief judge of the circuit.