By:  Stick, Rodriguez, Baxter                                     H.B. No. 2402
 
    (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos)                                            
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2003; 
May 1, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 14, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; 
May 14, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2402                                   By:  Averitt


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the compensation of district judges in Collin and 
Travis counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Effective September 1, 2003, Section 32.043(a), 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.012, the [The] 
Commissioners Court of Collin County may budget for and pay the 
judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the county an 
annual salary set by the commissioners court for services rendered 
and for performing administrative services.
	SECTION 2.  Effective September 1, 2007, Section 32.043(a), 
Government Code, is reenacted to read as follows:
	(a)  The Commissioners Court of Collin County may budget for 
and pay the judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the 
county an annual salary set by the commissioners court for services 
rendered and for performing administrative services.
	SECTION 3.  Effective September 1, 2003, Section 32.227(a), 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.012, the [The] 
Commissioners Court of Travis County may pay the judges of the 
district courts having jurisdiction in the county an annual salary 
in an amount set by the commissioners court for services rendered 
and for performing administrative duties.
	SECTION 4.  Effective September 1, 2007, Section 32.227(a), 
Government Code, is reenacted to read as follows:
	(a)  The Commissioners Court of Travis County may pay the 
judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the county an 
annual salary in an amount set by the commissioners court for 
services rendered and for performing administrative duties.
	SECTION 5.  Sections 32.043(d) and 32.227(c), Government 
Code, are repealed. 
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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