1-1 By: Goodman (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 3296 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001; 1-3 May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the compensation of certain retired judges while 1-9 assigned as visiting judges. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 74.061(c), Government Code, is amended to 1-12 read as follows: 1-13 (c) The salary of a retired judge or justice while assigned 1-14 under this chapter shall be paid out of money appropriated from the 1-15 general revenue fund for that purpose in an amount equal to the 1-16 compensation received from state and county sources of the judge of 1-17 the court to which he is assigned. The salary of a retired judge 1-18 or justice while assigned shall be determined pro rata for the 1-19 period of time that the judge or justice actually sits as the 1-20 assigned judge. The salary of a retired statutory county court 1-21 judge assigned under this chapter to serve in a district court or 1-22 statutory county court shall be paid by the state in the same 1-23 manner as the salary of a retired district judge assigned under 1-24 this chapter to serve in a district court or statutory county court 1-25 is paid by the state. 1-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-27 applies only to the assignment of a retired judge made on or after 1-28 that date. An assignment made before the effective date of this 1-29 Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the assignment is 1-30 made, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-31 * * * * *