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79R1721 QS-D


By:  Solis, Escobar                                               H.B. No. 780



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the compensation of district judges in Cameron County.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 32.031(a) and (b), Government Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.012, the [The] 
Commissioners Court of Cameron 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.
	(b)  The salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments 
from the county general fund or officers' salary fund. [The 
combined yearly salary received by each district judge from state 
and county sources may not exceed an amount equal to $1,000 less 
than the combined yearly salary from state and county sources 
received by each associate justice of the Thirteenth Court of 
Appeals District.]
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.