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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the service credit used in calculating longevity pay |
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for certain judges and prosecutors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0005(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A statutory county court judge, other than a statutory |
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county court judge who engages in the private practice of law, shall |
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be paid a total annual salary set by the commissioners court at an |
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amount that is not less than $1,000 less than the sum of the annual |
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salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with |
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Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of |
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service as the statutory county court judge and any state or county |
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contributions and supplements paid to a district judge in the |
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county, other than contributions received as compensation under |
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Section 74.051. A statutory county court judge's total annual |
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salary includes any state or county contributions and supplements |
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paid to the judge. For purposes of this subsection, the years of |
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service of a statutory county court judge include any years of |
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service as: |
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(1) an appellate court, district court, multicounty |
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statutory county court, or statutory probate court justice or |
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judge; or |
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(2) a district attorney, criminal district attorney, |
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or county attorney. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.0023(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court shall set the total annual |
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salary of each judge of a statutory probate court at an amount that |
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is at least equal to the sum of the annual salary as set by the |
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General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid |
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to a district judge with comparable years of service as the |
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statutory probate court judge and any state or county contributions |
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and supplements paid to a district judge in the county, other than |
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contributions received as compensation under Section 74.051. A |
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statutory probate court judge's total annual salary includes any |
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state or county contributions and supplements paid to the judge, |
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other than contributions paid under Section 25.0022(e). For |
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purposes of this subsection, the years of service of a statutory |
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probate court judge include any years of service as: |
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(1) an appellate court, district court, multicounty |
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statutory county court, or statutory county court justice or judge; |
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or |
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(2) a district attorney, criminal district attorney, |
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or county attorney. |
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SECTION 3. Section 25.2607(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 25.0015, the state shall |
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annually compensate the administrative county of a multicounty |
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statutory county court for the salary of the judge of the |
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multicounty statutory county court in an amount equal to 100 |
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percent of the state [base] salary paid to a district judge with |
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comparable years of service as the multicounty statutory county |
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court judge, as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance |
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with Section 659.012 [659.012(a)]. For purposes of this subsection, |
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the years of service of a multicounty statutory county court judge |
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include any years of service as: |
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(1) an appellate court, district court, statutory |
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county court, or statutory probate court justice or judge; or |
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(2) a district attorney, criminal district attorney, |
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or county attorney. |
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SECTION 4. Section 41.013, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.013. COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN PROSECUTORS. (a) |
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Except as otherwise provided by law, a district attorney or |
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criminal district attorney is entitled to receive from the state |
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annual compensation in an amount equal to at least 80 percent of the |
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state annual salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in |
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accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with |
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comparable years of service as the district attorney or criminal |
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district attorney. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, the years of service of a |
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district attorney or criminal district attorney include any years |
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of service as: |
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(1) a district attorney, criminal district attorney, |
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or county attorney; or |
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(2) an appellate court justice, district judge, judge |
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of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory |
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county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court. |
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SECTION 5. Section 46.003, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of this section, the years of service of |
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the state prosecuting attorney or a state prosecutor include any |
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years of service as: |
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(1) a county attorney; or |
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(2) an appellate court justice, district judge, judge |
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of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory |
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county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court. |
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SECTION 6. Section 659.012(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A judge or justice for whom the amount of a state base |
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salary is prescribed by Subsection (a) is entitled to an annual |
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salary from the state in the amount equal to: |
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(1) 110 percent of the state base salary paid in |
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accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's |
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position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge |
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or justice accrues four years of: |
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(A) contributing service credit in the Judicial |
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Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement |
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System of Texas Plan Two; |
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(B) service as a judge of a statutory county |
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court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate |
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court or as a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or |
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county attorney; or |
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(C) combined contributing service credit and |
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service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B); and |
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(2) 120 percent of the state base salary paid in |
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accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's |
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position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge |
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or justice accrues eight years of: |
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(A) contributing service credit in the Judicial |
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Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement |
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System of Texas Plan Two; |
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(B) service as a judge of a statutory county |
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court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate |
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court or as a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or |
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county attorney; or |
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(C) combined contributing service credit and |
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service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B). |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |