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Senate Bill 600 |
Senate Author: Duncan |
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Effective: 10-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Hartnett |
Senate Bill 600 amends the Government Code to require the state to pay an annual salary supplement to all statutory county court judges, to increase the annual salary supplement of a statutory county court judge from $35,000 to an amount equal to 60 percent of a district court judge's state salary, and to require all counties to collect the fees and court costs that support the salary supplement program. The bill amends the Government Code and the Local Government Code to increase the additional salary supplement court cost on conviction from $4 to $6 and increase the additional salary supplement civil suit filing fee from $37 to $42. The bill eliminates or repeals various provisions that exempted certain counties from these judicial salary requirements or from the collection of related court fees and court costs.