By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 1781
	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2003; March 24, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 
April 16, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 16, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1781                                   By:  Gallegos


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the supplemental salaries of judges of the district 
courts having jurisdiction in certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 32.093, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Commissioners Court of Grimes County may pay the 
judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the county an 
annual supplemental salary [not to exceed $1,200] for judicial and 
administrative services.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 32.157, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Commissioners Court of Madison County may pay the 
judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the county an 
annual supplemental salary [not to exceed $1,200] for judicial and 
administrative services.
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Section 32.236, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Commissioners Court of Walker County may pay the 
judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in the county an 
annual supplemental salary [not to exceed $1,200] for judicial and 
administrative services.
	SECTION 4.  Subsection (d), Section 32.093, Subsection (d), 
Section 32.145, Subsection (d), Section 32.157, and Subsection (d), 
Section 32.236, Government Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.



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