79R8554 RMB-D

By:  Leibowitz                                                    H.B. No. 2443


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment and compensation of certain court coordinators in Bexar County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 74, Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter E-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E-1. COURT COORDINATORS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
Sec. 74.111. BEXAR COUNTY. (a) A judge of a district court in Bexar County shall appoint a court coordinator. The court coordinator is a sworn officer of the court. (b) A court coordinator serves at the will of the appointing judge. (c) A court coordinator shall receive a salary to be determined by the judge of the court in which the court coordinator serves. The salary may not be less than the salary that a person serving as a court coordinator of a district court in Bexar County received on January 1, 2000. The salary set for a person on the person's initial appointment as court coordinator may not exceed the final salary of the person's predecessor in office. (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an order increasing the salary of a court coordinator: (1) must be submitted to the commissioners court of Bexar County not later than September 1 of each year; and (2) may not increase the salary by more than 10 percent of the salary received by the court coordinator unless the commissioners court approves the order. (e) The commissioners court may permit an order increasing the salary of a court coordinator to be submitted after September 1. (f) To the extent of any conflict between this section and Subchapter E, this section controls. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.