By Goodman                                            H.B. No. 3296
         77R14837 JMC-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the compensation of certain retired judges while
 1-3     assigned as visiting judges.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 74.061(c), Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  The salary of a retired judge or justice while assigned
 1-8     under this chapter shall be paid out of money appropriated from the
 1-9     general revenue fund for that purpose in an amount equal to the
1-10     compensation received from state and county sources of the judge of
1-11     the court to which he is assigned.  The salary of a retired judge
1-12     or justice while assigned shall be determined pro rata for the
1-13     period of time that the judge or justice actually sits as the
1-14     assigned judge.  The salary of a retired statutory county court
1-15     judge assigned under this chapter to serve in a district court or
1-16     statutory county court shall be paid by the state in the same
1-17     manner as the salary of a retired district judge assigned under
1-18     this chapter to serve in a district court or statutory county court
1-19     is paid by the state.
1-20           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-21     applies only to the assignment of a retired judge made on or after
1-22     that date.  An assignment made before the effective date of this
1-23     Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the assignment is
1-24     made, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.