SRC-SLL H.B. 1040 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 1040 By: Thompson (Ellis) Jurisprudence 4-18-97 Engrossed DIGEST Currently, there is a funding mechanism for county courts that sets out certain salary standards for counties receiving funds from that mechanism. There are provisions regarding judges who make less than $21,000 less than a district judge in the same county. The way these provisions were drafted does not allow the commissioners courts of those counties to give judges a raise without losing the county's funding under the funding mechanism. This bill will allow the commissioners court of counties whose judges make more than $21,000 less than a district judge in the same county as of May 1, 1991 to increase the salary of those judges without losing funding. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 1040 allows the commissioners court of counties whose judges make more than $21,000 less than a district judge in the same county as of May 1, 1991 to increase the salary of those judges without losing funding. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 25.0005(e), Government Code, to provide that a county is not required to meet the salary requirements of Subsection (a) for a particular court if, among other requirements, the county pays at least the salary required by Subdivision (1). SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.