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. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3296 was passed by the House on May 8, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3296 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor