Amend HB 1123, second reading engrossment by striking page 1,
line 6 through page 2, line 13 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 <$4000> 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.
      (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
1, 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;