Amend CSHB 1123 by striking lines 4-24 and inserting the
following:
      Section 1. Section 25.0005(e) is amended to read as follows:
      (e)  A county is not required to meet the salary requirements
of Subsection (a) for a particular court if:
            (1)  not later than September 1 of the year in which
the county initially begins collecting fees and costs under Section
51.702, the county increases the salary of each statutory county
court judge in the county to an amount that is at least<:>
                  <(A)> $28,000 <$20,000> more than the salary the
judge was entitled to on May 1 of the <that> year<, if> the county
initially begins collecting fees and costs under Section 51.702
<before January 1, 1998, and is also at least $24,000 more than the
salary the judge was entitled to on May 1, 1997; and>
                  <(B)  $24,000 more than the salary the judge was
entitled to on May 1 of that year if the county initially begins
collecting fees and costs under Section 51.702 on or after January
2, 1998>;
            (2)  the county pays at least the salary required by
Subdivision (1);
            (3)  the county collects the fees and costs as provided
by Section 51.702;