By: Brown, et al. S.B. No. 310
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to certain judicial salaries.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 659.012, Government Code, is amended to
1-4 read as follows:
1-5 Sec. 659.012. JUDICIAL SALARIES. (a) Notwithstanding
1-6 Section 659.011:
1-7 (1) a justice of the supreme court is entitled to an
1-8 annual salary from the state that is at least $102,463;
1-9 (2) a [(a) A] justice of a court of appeals other
1-10 than the chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the
1-11 state that is five percent less than the salary provided by the
1-12 General Appropriations Act for a justice of the supreme court,
1-13 except that the[. The] combined salary of a justice of the court
1-14 of appeals other than the chief justice from all state and county
1-15 sources may not exceed the amount that is $1,000 less than the
1-16 salary provided for a justice of the supreme court;
1-17 (3) the[. (b) The] chief justice of a court of
1-18 appeals is entitled to an annual salary from the state that is $500
1-19 more than the salary provided for the other justices of the court
1-20 of appeals, except that the[. The] combined salary of the chief
1-21 justice of a court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is
1-22 $500 less than the salary provided for a justice of the supreme
1-23 court; and
2-1 (4) a[. (c) A] judge of a district court is entitled
2-2 to an annual salary from the state that is 10 percent less than the
2-3 salary provided in the General Appropriations Act for a justice of
2-4 the supreme court, except that unless[. Unless] otherwise provided
2-5 by law, the combined salary of a district judge from state and
2-6 county sources may not exceed the amount that is $2,000 less than
2-7 the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court.
2-8 (b) To the extent of any conflict, the salary differential
2-9 provided by this section for the combined salary of a district
2-10 judge prevails over any differential set by Chapter 32.
2-11 (c) [(d)] For the purpose of salary payments by the state,
2-12 the 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. Section 74.061, Government Code, is amended by
2-20 adding Subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows:
2-21 (h) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the salary from the
2-22 state of a retired judge or justice assigned to a district court is
2-23 determined pro rata on the sum of the regular judge's salary from
2-24 the county plus the greater of:
2-25 (1) the regular judge's salary from the state on
3-1 August 31, 1997; or
3-2 (2) 85 percent of the regular judge's salary from the
3-3 state.
3-4 (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the salary from the
3-5 state of a former judge or justice assigned to a district court is
3-6 determined pro rata on the greater of:
3-7 (1) the regular judge's salary from the state on
3-8 August 31, 1997; or
3-9 (2) 85 percent of the regular judge's salary from the
3-10 state.
3-11 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-12 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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