By Goodman H.B. No. 3296
77R7296 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the compensation of a former judge or justice while
1-3 assigned as a visiting judge.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 74.061(c) and (h), Government Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (c) The salary of a retired or former judge or justice while
1-8 assigned under this chapter shall be paid out of money appropriated
1-9 from the general revenue fund for that purpose in an amount equal
1-10 to the compensation received from state and county sources of the
1-11 judge of the court to which the judge or justice [he] is assigned.
1-12 The salary of a retired or former judge or justice while assigned
1-13 shall be determined pro rata for the period of time that the judge
1-14 or justice actually sits as the assigned judge.
1-15 (h) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the salary from the
1-16 state of a retired or former judge or justice assigned to a
1-17 district court is determined pro rata on the sum of the regular
1-18 judge's salary from the county plus the greater of:
1-19 (1) the regular judge's salary from the state on
1-20 August 31, 1997; or
1-21 (2) 85 percent of the regular judge's salary from the
1-22 state, or a greater percentage of that salary, not to exceed 100
1-23 percent, as established by the General Appropriations Act for any
1-24 fiscal year.
2-1 SECTION 2. Sections 74.061(d) and (i), Government Code, are
2-2 repealed.
2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-4 applies only to the assignment of a former judge or justice made on
2-5 or after that date. An assignment made before the effective date
2-6 of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
2-7 assignment is made, and that law is continued in effect for that
2-8 purpose.