81R1150 KFF-F
 
  By: Wentworth S.B. No. 497
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to compensation paid to certain judges and justices.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 659.0125(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.012 or any other law, a
  district judge who presides over multidistrict litigation
  involving claims for asbestos-related or silica-related injuries
  is entitled to receive, in addition to all other compensation,
  expenses, and perquisites authorized by law, the maximum amount of
  compensation set by the Texas Judicial Council for a presiding
  judge under Section 74.051(b).  The annual amount must be
  apportioned over 12 equal monthly payments and be paid to the judge
  by the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, [Texas
  Judicial Council] for each month during which the judge retains
  jurisdiction over the claims.
         SECTION 2.  Section 659.0445, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, longevity pay that is
  paid to a judge or justice under this section is not included as
  part of the judge's or justice's combined salary from state and
  county sources for purposes of the salary limitations provided by
  Section 659.012.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.