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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compensation paid to retired and former judges or |
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justices while assigned as visiting judges in certain courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 74.061(h) and (i), Government Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the salary from the |
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state of a retired judge or justice assigned to a district court is |
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determined pro rata on the sum of the regular judge's salary from |
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the county plus the greater of: |
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(1) the regular judge's salary from the state on August |
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31, 2007 [1997]; or |
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(2) 100 [85] percent of the regular judge's salary from |
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the state, [or a greater percentage of that salary, not to exceed
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100 percent,] as established by the General Appropriations Act for |
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any fiscal year. |
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(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the salary from the |
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state of a former judge or justice assigned to a district court is |
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determined pro rata on the greater of: |
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(1) the regular judge's salary from the state on August |
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31, 2007 [1997]; or |
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(2) 100 [85] percent of the regular judge's salary from |
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the state, [or a greater percentage of that salary, not to exceed
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100 percent,] as established by the General Appropriations Act for |
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any fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the assignment of a retired or former judge or justice made on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An assignment made before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the |
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time the assignment was made, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |