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            relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county  | 
         
         
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            judges. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 26.006(a), Government Code, is amended  | 
         
         
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            to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (a)  A county judge is entitled to an annual salary  | 
         
         
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            supplement from the state in an amount equal to 18 percent of the  | 
         
         
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            annual [state base] salary paid to a district judge with comparable  | 
         
         
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            years of service as the county judge as set by the General  | 
         
         
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            Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 [659.012(a)]  | 
         
         
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            if at least 18 percent of the: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  functions that the judge performs are judicial  | 
         
         
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            functions; or | 
         
         
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                         (2)  total hours that the judge works are in the  | 
         
         
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            performance of judicial functions. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to  | 
         
         
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            a salary payment for a pay period beginning on or after the  | 
         
         
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            effective date of this Act.  A salary payment for a pay period  | 
         
         
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            beginning before the effective date of this Act is governed by the  | 
         
         
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            law in effect on the date the pay period began, and that law is  | 
         
         
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            continued in effect for that purpose. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the House on May  | 
         
         
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            13, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 109, Nays 32, 2 present, not  | 
         
         
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            voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
         
         
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            22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                             Governor        |