TO: | Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1682 by Cook (Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Navarro County.), As Engrossed |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2010 | $0 |
2011 | $0 |
2012 | $0 |
2013 | $0 |
2014 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from Judicial Fund 573 |
Probable Revenue Gain from Judicial Fund 573 |
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2010 | ($68,753) | $68,753 |
2011 | ($75,000) | $75,000 |
2012 | ($75,000) | $75,000 |
2013 | ($75,000) | $75,000 |
2014 | ($75,000) | $75,000 |
The bill would amend the Government Code to create a new County Court at Law in
This estimate assumes that the County Court at Law would be created October 1, 2009, since information provided by the Navarro County Auditor's Office estimated that the
The annual recurring cost to the state would be $75,000 from Judicial Fund No. 573. Under current law, the state provides a county-court-at-law judge a salary supplement an amount equal to 60 percent of the state salary of a district judge ($75,000). This estimate prorates the salary supplement for fiscal year 2010 at 11 instead of 12 months since the court would be created October 1.
Also, the salary supplement program for county court at law judges is funded from fees and court costs collected by county courts at law statewide and deposited into the Judicial Fund No. 573. This estimate assumes that the County Court at Law in
Local governments pay the other operating costs associated with a county court at law.
The
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, JP
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