Amend the Thompson amendment to CSHB 1123 by striking line
two and inserting the following:
      Section 1. Sections 25.0005 (a) and (e) are amended to read
as follows:
      (a) A statutory county court judge, other than a statutory
county court judge who engages in the private practice of law or a
judge in whose court fees and costs under Section 51.702 are not
collected, shall be paid a total annual salary set by the
commissioners court at an amount that is at least equal to the
amount that is $1000<$4,000> less than the total annual salary
received by a district judge in the county, on August 31, 1999.  A
district judge's or statutory county court judge's total annual
salary includes contributions and supplements, paid by the state or
a county, other than contributions received as compensation under
Section 74.051.