75R12425 E By Goodman H.B. No. 3560 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3560: By Thompson C.S.H.B. No. 3560 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to salary supplements from the state for certain county 1-3 attorneys and county judges. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 26, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 26.006 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 26.006. SALARY SUPPLEMENT FROM STATE FOR CERTAIN COUNTY 1-8 JUDGES. (a) A county judge is entitled to an annual salary 1-9 supplement from the state of $5,000 if at least 40 percent of the 1-10 functions that the judge performs are judicial functions. 1-11 (b) To receive a supplement under Subsection (a), a county 1-12 judge must file with the Office of Court Administration of the 1-13 Texas Judicial System an affidavit stating that at least 40 percent 1-14 of the functions that the judge performs are judicial functions. 1-15 The office of court administration shall send the affidavit to the 1-16 comptroller. 1-17 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 45, Government Code, is 1-18 amended by adding Section 45.003 to read as follows: 1-19 Sec. 45.003. SALARY SUPPLEMENT FROM STATE. A county 1-20 attorney who does not have general felony jurisdiction is entitled 1-21 to an annual salary supplement from the state as set out in the 1-22 General Appropriations Act. 1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-24 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.