By:  Brown                                             S.B. No. 960
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the salaries of certain justices and judges and to the
 1-3     authority of a county to supplement those salaries.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 31.001, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 31.001.  AUTHORITY FOR COUNTY PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.
 1-8     The commissioners courts in the counties of each of the 14 courts
 1-9     of appeals districts may pay an annual salary [amount not to exceed
1-10     $15,000 a year] to each of the justices of the courts of appeals
1-11     residing within the court of appeals district that includes those
1-12     counties.  The payment is for all judicial and administrative
1-13     services performed by the justices.
1-14           SECTION 2.  Section 32.001, Government Code, is amended by
1-15     amending the section heading to read as follows:
1-16           Sec. 32.001.  AUTHORITY FOR COUNTY PAYMENT OF SALARY
1-17     [ANDERSON COUNTY].
1-18           SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Section 32.001, Government Code,
1-19     is amended to read as follows:
1-20           [(a)]  The commissioners court of a county [Commissioners
1-21     Court of Anderson County] may pay an annual salary to each of the
1-22     judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the county.
1-23     The payment is for all [an annual salary not to exceed $1,200 for]
1-24     judicial and administrative services performed by the judge.
1-25           SECTION 4.  Section 32.002, Government Code, is amended by
 2-1     amending the section heading to read as follows:
 2-2           Sec. 32.002.  SALARY ADDITIONAL [ANDREWS COUNTY].
 2-3           SECTION 5.  Subsection (c), Section 32.002, Government Code,
 2-4     is amended to read as follows:
 2-5           [(c)]  The salary authorized by Section 32.001 is in addition
 2-6     to the salary paid by the state.
 2-7           SECTION 6.  Subchapter A, Chapter 32, Government Code, is
 2-8     amended by adding Section 32.003 to read as follows:
 2-9           Sec. 32.003.  MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS.  The salary authorized by
2-10     Section 32.001 shall be paid in monthly installments from the
2-11     county general fund or another available fund of the county.
2-12           SECTION 7.  Subsections (a) and (e), Section 659.012,
2-13     Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-14           (a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.011:
2-15                 (1)  a justice of the supreme court is entitled to an
2-16     annual salary from the state that is at least $102,463;
2-17                 (2)  a justice of a court of appeals other than the
2-18     chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the state that
2-19     is five percent less than the salary provided by the General
2-20     Appropriations Act for a justice of the supreme court[, except that
2-21     the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other than
2-22     the chief justice from all state and county sources may not exceed
2-23     the amount that is $1,000 less than the salary provided for a
2-24     justice of the supreme court];
2-25                 (3)  the chief justice of a court of appeals is
2-26     entitled to an annual salary from the state that is $2,500 more
 3-1     than the salary provided for the other justices of the court of
 3-2     appeals[, except that the combined salary of the chief justice of a
 3-3     court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is $500 less than
 3-4     the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court]; and
 3-5                 (4)  a judge of a district court is entitled to an
 3-6     annual salary from the state that is 10 percent less than the
 3-7     salary provided in the General Appropriations Act for a justice of
 3-8     the supreme court[, except that unless otherwise provided by law,
 3-9     the combined salary of a district judge from state and county
3-10     sources may not exceed the amount that is $2,000 less than the
3-11     salary provided for a justice of the supreme court].
3-12           (e)  For the purpose of salary payments by the state, the
3-13     comptroller shall determine from sworn statements filed by the
3-14     justices of the courts of appeals and district judges that the
3-15     required salary differentials provided by this section are
3-16     maintained.  [If a salary combined with a county supplement would
3-17     be in excess of the differential provided by this section, the
3-18     comptroller shall reduce the state salary by the amount of the
3-19     excess.]
3-20           SECTION 8.  Section 31.003, Subsections (b), (c), and (d),
3-21     Section 32.001, Subsections (a) and (b), Section 32.002, Sections
3-22     32.004 through 32.253, and Subsection (b), Section 659.012,
3-23     Government Code, are repealed.
3-24           SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.