By: Ortiz, Jr. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 4007

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2007; May 7, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 18, 2007, reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Hinojosa

Amend H.B. No. 4007 (House Engrossed Version) by striking SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, line 31) and substituting the following appropriately numbered SECTION:

SECTION ___. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the county courts at law in Nueces County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 25.1802(e), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(e) The judges [judge] of the county courts at law in Nueces County [Court at Law No. 1, 2, or 3 of Nueces County may be paid, and the judge of County Court at Law No. 4 and the judge of County Court at Law No. 5 of Nueces County] shall each be paid[,] an annual salary equal to the amount that is $1,000 less than the salary paid by the state to a district judge in the county. The salaries shall be paid in the same manner and from the same fund as prescribed by law for the county judge.

SECTION 2. Sections 25.1802(f) and (g), Government Code, are repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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