By Gallego, Thompson H.B. No. 2697 75R9014 SAW-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the salary from the state of a district judge who 1-3 serves as a local administrative district judge. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 659.012, Government Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 659.012. JUDICIAL SALARIES. (a) A justice of a court 1-8 of appeals other than the chief justice is entitled to an annual 1-9 salary from the state that is five percent less than the salary 1-10 provided by the General Appropriations Act for a justice of the 1-11 supreme court. The combined salary of a justice of the court of 1-12 appeals other than the chief justice from all state and county 1-13 sources may not exceed the amount that is $1,000 less than the 1-14 salary provided for a justice of the supreme court. 1-15 (b) The chief justice of a court of appeals is entitled to 1-16 an annual salary from the state that is $500 more than the salary 1-17 provided for the other justices of the court of appeals. The 1-18 combined salary of the chief justice of a court of appeals may not 1-19 exceed the amount that is $500 less than the salary provided for a 1-20 justice of the supreme court. 1-21 (c) A judge of a district court is entitled to an annual 1-22 salary from the state that is 10 percent less than the salary 1-23 provided in the General Appropriations Act for a justice of the 1-24 supreme court. Unless otherwise provided by law, the combined 2-1 salary of a district judge from state and county sources may not 2-2 exceed the amount that is $2,000 less than the salary provided for 2-3 a justice of the supreme court. To the extent of any conflict, the 2-4 salary differential provided by this section for the combined 2-5 salary of a district judge prevails over any differential set by 2-6 Chapter 32. 2-7 (d) A district judge who serves as a local administrative 2-8 district judge under Section 74.091 is entitled to an annual salary 2-9 from the state that is $5,000 more than the salary from the state 2-10 to which the judge is otherwise entitled under Subsection (c). 2-11 (e) For the purpose of salary payments by the state, the 2-12 comptroller shall determine from sworn statements filed by the 2-13 justices of the courts of appeals and district judges that the 2-14 required salary differentials provided by this section are 2-15 maintained. If a salary combined with a county supplement would be 2-16 in excess of the differential provided by this section, the 2-17 comptroller shall reduce the state salary by the amount of the 2-18 excess. 2-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 2-25 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 2-26 Amend H.B. 2697 on page 2, strike lines 7 through 10, and 2-27 substitute the following: 3-1 "(d) In a county with more than five district courts, a 3-2 district judge who serves as a local administrative district judge 3-3 under Section 74.091 is entitled to an annual salary from the state 3-4 that is $5,000 more than the salary from the state to which the 3-5 judge is otherwise entitled under Subsection (c)." 3-6 Thompson