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House Bill 11 (2nd C.S.) |
House Author: Hartnett et al. |
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Effective: 12-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Duncan |
House Bill 11 amends the Government Code and the Human Resources Code to increase the salaries and retirement benefits of state-paid judges. The bill also has the effect of increasing retirement benefits for retired statewide elected officers, legislators, and district attorneys and provides for recomputation of those benefits for certain retired state-paid judges. The bill also increases the annual salary supplement to which a county judge is entitled if at least 40 percent of the functions that the judge performs are judicial functions. The bill amends the Local Government Code to fund the raises through an additional filing fee in the civil courts of $37 per case and $4 per conviction in certain criminal cases. House Bill 11 amends the Government Code to require the collection of data relating to judicial turnover, specifically the rate at which state judges resign from office or do not seek reelection and the reason behind such actions. The bill makes the necessary appropriations to implement the new judicial salary structure.