79R3257 YDB-D

By:  Hughes                                                       H.B. No. 832



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the salary of a district judge presiding over 
multidistrict litigation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 659.0126 to read as follows:
	Sec. 659.0126.  SALARY FOR DISTRICT JUDGE PRESIDING OVER 
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION. (a) Notwithstanding Section 659.012 or 
any other law, a district judge who presides over at least one 
proceeding transferred to a district court under Subchapter H, 
Chapter 74, in a state fiscal year is entitled to the same increase 
in annual salary from the state for that fiscal year as a local 
administrative district judge is entitled to under Section 
659.0125.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, supplemental 
compensation paid to a district judge under this section is not 
included as part of the district judge's total annual salary for 
purposes of computing another salary that is based on the salary of 
the district judge.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.