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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compensation of official court reporters for |
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district courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.051, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an [An] official |
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district court reporter shall be paid a salary set by the order of |
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the judge of the court. This salary is in addition to transcript |
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fees, fees for a statement of facts, and other necessary expenses |
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authorized by law. |
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(a-1) The salary of an official court reporter of a district |
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court of a judicial district that is composed only of a single |
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county shall be set by the commissioners court of that county. This |
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salary is in addition to transcript fees, fees for a statement of |
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facts, and other necessary expenses authorized by law. |
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(b) The salary of an official district court reporter [set
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by the judge] may not be lower than the salary that [official court] |
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reporter received on January 1, 1972. |
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(c) An order of a judge authorized by Subsection (a) to set |
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the official district court reporter's salary that increases |
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[increasing] the salary of the [an official district court] |
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reporter must be submitted to the commissioners court of each |
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county in the judicial district not later than September 1 |
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immediately before the adoption of the county budget for the next |
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year. A commissioners court may allow an extension of this time |
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limit. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the salary of an official court reporter for a district court set |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |