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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a cost-of-living increase in compensation for district |
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judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 32, |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER A. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION PAID BY COUNTY |
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[FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL SERVICES] |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 32, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 32.002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.002. COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE. (a) If the state has |
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not increased the state salary paid to a district judge during the |
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preceding three-year period, the commissioners court of a county |
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may pay each judge of a district court having jurisdiction in the |
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county an annual cost-of-living increase in an amount not to exceed |
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10 percent of the judge's combined salary from state and county |
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sources. Notwithstanding any other law, compensation paid to a |
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judge under this section is not included as part of the judge's |
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combined salary from state and county sources for purposes of the |
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salary limitations provided by Section 659.012. |
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(b) If, after a commissioners court of a county begins |
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paying a cost-of-living increase under this section, the state |
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increases the state salary paid to a district judge by an amount |
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equal to or greater than the cost-of-living increase paid by the |
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county, the commissioners court of the county shall stop paying the |
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cost-of-living increase. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. |