By Brown S.B. No. 310
75R3387 SAW-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain judicial salaries.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 659.012, Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 659.012. JUDICIAL SALARIES. Notwithstanding Section
1-7 659.011:
1-8 (1) a justice of the supreme court is entitled to an
1-9 annual salary from the state of $122,912;
1-10 (2) a [(a) A] justice of a court of appeals other
1-11 than the chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the
1-12 state that is five percent less than the salary provided [by the
1-13 General Appropriations Act] for a justice of the supreme court;
1-14 (3) the[. The combined salary of a justice of the
1-15 court of appeals other than the chief justice from all state and
1-16 county sources may not exceed the amount that is $1,000 less than
1-17 the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court.]
1-18 [(b) The] chief justice of a court of appeals is entitled to
1-19 an annual salary from the state that is $500 more than the salary
1-20 provided for the other justices of the court of appeals; and
1-21 (4) a[. The combined salary of the chief justice of a
1-22 court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is $500 less than
1-23 the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court.]
1-24 [(c) A] judge of a district court is entitled to an annual
2-1 salary from the state that is 10 percent less than the salary
2-2 provided [in the General Appropriations Act] for a justice of the
2-3 supreme court. [Unless otherwise provided by law, the combined
2-4 salary of a district judge from state and county sources may not
2-5 exceed the amount that is $2,000 less than the salary provided for
2-6 a justice of the supreme court. To the extent of any conflict, the
2-7 salary differential provided by this section for the combined
2-8 salary of a district judge prevails over any differential set by
2-9 Chapter 32.]
2-10 [(d) For the purpose of salary payments by the state, the
2-11 comptroller shall determine from sworn statements filed by the
2-12 justices of the courts of appeals and district judges that the
2-13 required salary differentials provided by this section are
2-14 maintained. If a salary combined with a county supplement would be
2-15 in excess of the differential provided by this section, the
2-16 comptroller shall reduce the state salary by the amount of the
2-17 excess.]
2-18 SECTION 2. Chapter 31, Government Code, and Subchapter A,
2-19 Chapter 32, Government Code, are repealed.
2-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-21 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.