By:  Goodman (Senate Sponsor - Harris)                            H.B. No. 858
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2003; 
April 3, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; April 24, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; 
April 24, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 858                                    By:  Harris


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the salaries of certain judges in Tarrant County.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.2222(f), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(f)  The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an 
annual salary in an [equal to the] amount that is not less than
$1,000 less than the total annual salary, including supplements and 
salary increases, paid any district judge in the county.
	SECTION 2.  Section 25.2223(f), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(f)  The judge of a county criminal court shall be paid an 
annual salary in an [equal to the] amount that is not less than
$1,000 less than the total annual salary, including supplements and 
salary increases, paid any district judge in the county.
	SECTION 3.  Effective September 1, 2003, Section 32.220(a), 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.012, the [The] 
Commissioners Court of Tarrant County may budget and [shall] pay 
the judges of the district courts and criminal district courts 
having jurisdiction only in that county an annual salary in an 
amount set by the commissioners court [of $8,000] for services 
rendered and for administrative duties.
	SECTION 4.  Effective September 1, 2007, Section 32.220(a), 
Government Code, is reenacted to read as follows:
	(a)  The Commissioners Court of Tarrant County shall pay the 
judges of the district courts and criminal district courts having 
jurisdiction only in that county an annual salary of $8,000 for 
services rendered and for administrative duties.
	SECTION 5.  Sections 1 and 2 of this Act apply only to a 
salary payment made on or after October 1, 2003.  A salary payment 
made before October 1, 2003, is governed by the law in effect on the 
date the salary payment was made, and that law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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