1-1     By:  Brown                                             S.B. No. 960
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2001; February 28, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; March 22, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 22, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the salaries of certain justices and judges and to the
 1-9     authority of a county to supplement those salaries.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 31.001, Government Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 31.001.  AUTHORITY FOR COUNTY PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.
1-14     The commissioners courts in the counties of each of the 14 courts
1-15     of appeals districts may pay an annual salary [amount not to exceed
1-16     $15,000 a year] to each of the justices of the courts of appeals
1-17     residing within the court of appeals district that includes those
1-18     counties.  The payment is for all judicial and administrative
1-19     services performed by the justices.
1-20           SECTION 2.  Section 32.001, Government Code, is amended by
1-21     amending the section heading to read as follows:
1-22           Sec. 32.001.  AUTHORITY FOR COUNTY PAYMENT OF SALARY
1-23     [ANDERSON COUNTY].
1-24           SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Section 32.001, Government Code,
1-25     is amended to read as follows:
1-26           [(a)]  The commissioners court of a county [Commissioners
1-27     Court of Anderson County] may pay an annual salary to each of the
1-28     judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the county.
1-29     The payment is for all [an annual salary not to exceed $1,200 for]
1-30     judicial and administrative services performed by the judge.
1-31           SECTION 4.  Section 32.002, Government Code, is amended by
1-32     amending the section heading to read as follows:
1-33           Sec. 32.002.  SALARY ADDITIONAL [ANDREWS COUNTY].
1-34           SECTION 5.  Subsection (c), Section 32.002, Government Code,
1-35     is amended to read as follows:
1-36           [(c)]  The salary authorized by Section 32.001 is in addition
1-37     to the salary paid by the state.
1-38           SECTION 6.  Subchapter A, Chapter 32, Government Code, is
1-39     amended by adding Section 32.003 to read as follows:
1-40           Sec. 32.003.  MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS.  The salary authorized by
1-41     Section 32.001 shall be paid in monthly installments from the
1-42     county general fund or another available fund of the county.
1-43           SECTION 7.  Subsections (a) and (e), Section 659.012,
1-44     Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-45           (a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.011:
1-46                 (1)  a justice of the supreme court is entitled to an
1-47     annual salary from the state that is at least $102,463;
1-48                 (2)  a justice of a court of appeals other than the
1-49     chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the state that
1-50     is five percent less than the salary provided by the General
1-51     Appropriations Act for a justice of the supreme court[, except that
1-52     the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other than
1-53     the chief justice from all state and county sources may not exceed
1-54     the amount that is $1,000 less than the salary provided for a
1-55     justice of the supreme court];
1-56                 (3)  the chief justice of a court of appeals is
1-57     entitled to an annual salary from the state that is $2,500 more
1-58     than the salary provided for the other justices of the court of
1-59     appeals[, except that the combined salary of the chief justice of a
1-60     court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is $500 less than
1-61     the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court]; and
1-62                 (4)  a judge of a district court is entitled to an
1-63     annual salary from the state that is 10 percent less than the
1-64     salary provided in the General Appropriations Act for a justice of
 2-1     the supreme court[, except that unless otherwise provided by law,
 2-2     the combined salary of a district judge from state and county
 2-3     sources may not exceed the amount that is $2,000 less than the
 2-4     salary provided for a justice of the supreme court].
 2-5           (e)  For the purpose of salary payments by the state, the
 2-6     comptroller shall determine from sworn statements filed by the
 2-7     justices of the courts of appeals and district judges that the
 2-8     required salary differentials provided by this section are
 2-9     maintained.  [If a salary combined with a county supplement would
2-10     be in excess of the differential provided by this section, the
2-11     comptroller shall reduce the state salary by the amount of the
2-12     excess.]
2-13           SECTION 8.  Section 31.003, Subsections (b), (c), and (d),
2-14     Section 32.001, Subsections (a) and (b), Section 32.002, Sections
2-15     32.004 through 32.253, and Subsection (b), Section 659.012,
2-16     Government Code, are repealed.
2-17           SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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