H.B. No. 765
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to supplemental payments made to certain statutory probate
  court judges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 765 was passed by the House on April
  15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 2, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 765 was passed by the Senate on May
  27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor