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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the |
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compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 25.0005, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The salary shall be paid in: |
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(1) equal monthly installments; or |
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(2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the |
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commissioners court. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.004, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.004. EQUAL [MONTHLY] INSTALLMENTS. The |
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compensation authorized by this chapter shall be paid in: |
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(1) equal monthly installments; or |
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(2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the |
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commissioners courts in the counties of the court of appeals |
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district. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 32.001, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The compensation shall be paid [in monthly
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installments] from the county general fund or other available funds |
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of the county in: |
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(1) monthly installments; or |
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(2) biweekly installments if authorized by the |
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commissioners court. |
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SECTION 4. Subsection (e), Section 43.180, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall pay the |
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district attorney a salary of not less than $35,000 a year. The |
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county salary shall be paid in equal biweekly [monthly] |
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installments. |
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SECTION 5. Subsection (e), Section 152.904, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall set the |
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annual salary of the county judge at an amount that is not less than |
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$1,000 more than the total annual salary received by county |
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criminal court at law judges in the county. The salary shall be |
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paid in [12] equal biweekly [monthly] installments. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |