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.