HBA-LCA H.B. 2863 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2863
By: Uher
Judicial Affairs
44/25/1999
Committee Report (Amended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under the Court Administration Act, a retired or former judge who serves a
district court assignment currently receives 85 percent of the regular
judge's salary, pro rata.  Assuming no or slight change in the number of
assignments, Fiscal Year 2000 expenditures for these judges' salaries will
be approximately $7,780,000.  H.B. 2863 deletes requirements that a retired
or former judge receive 85 percent of a regular judge's salary.  With
compensation at 100 percent, the FY 2000 expenditure would increase to
approximately $9,153,000. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Repealer:  Sections 74.061(h) and (i), Government Code,
relating to the salary of a retired or former judge or justice assigned to
district courts. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS

Amendment #1:  

Amends H.B. 2863 in SECTION 1 by deleting the repealer and instead amending
Subsections 74.061(h) and (i), Government Code, to provide that,
respectively, the pro rata salary of a retired or former judge or justice
may be up to 100 percent of the regular judge's salary, as established by
the General Appropriations Act for any fiscal year.