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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 visiting judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 74.061, Government Code, is amended to |
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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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(j) A judge or justice who sits as an assigned judge for half |
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a day or less shall be compensated in an amount that is equal to |
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one-half of the amount to which a judge or justice is entitled for |
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sitting as an assigned judge for a full day under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |