Amend CSHB 562 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 25.0023, Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any other law and in addition to the
judge's annual salary, the commissioners court annually shall pay a
judge of a statutory probate court who has continuously served as a
judge of a statutory probate court or a statutory county court since
August 31, 1995, an additional amount equal to the amount of benefit
replacement pay a district judge is entitled to receive from the
state under Subchapter H, Chapter 659, for equivalent continuous
service [The salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments].
(c) The commissioners court monthly shall pay a statutory
probate court judge who has served as a judge of a statutory probate
court or a statutory county court for at least 16 years longevity
pay in an amount equal to the amount of longevity pay a district
judge is entitled to receive from the state for equivalent years of
service. The longevity pay is in addition to the judge's monthly
salary.