SRC-AXB C.S.S.B. 1719 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1719
76R12933  DB-FBy: Ellis
Jurisprudence
4/20/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST 

Currently, 170 retired and former judges earn 85 percent of a regular
judge's salary or the regular judge's salary on August 31, 1997, depending
on which is greater.  C.S.S.B. 1719 redesigns the calculation procedure for
determining the salaries of retired and former judges, effectively basing a
retired or former judge's salary on 85 percent of a regular judge's salary,
or a greater percentage of that salary, not to exceed 100 percent. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, C.S.S.B. 1719 redesigns the calculation procedure for
determining the salary of a retired judge or justice assigned to a district
court, to increase the salary, but not allow it to equal a current judge's
salary. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 74.061(h) and (i), Government Code, to redesign
the calculation procedure for determining the salary of a retired judge or
justice based on 85 percent of the regular judge's salary, or a greater
percentage of that salary, not to exceed 100 percent. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

Relating clause.

Amends the relating clause to specify that this Act relates to a former
judge or justice assigned to a district court. 

SECTION 1.  

Amends Sections 74.061(h) and (i), Government Code, to recalculate the
salary of a retired judge or justice assigned to a district court.  Deletes
proposed SECTION 1.