By: Lucio  S.B. No. 1080
         (In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2013; March 12, 2013, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
  April 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a study on the adequacy and appropriateness of
  additional compensation paid to certain county judges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  The Office of Court Administration of the
  Texas Judicial System shall conduct a study to determine the
  adequacy and appropriateness of additional compensation paid to a
  county judge of a constitutional county court who:
               (1)  serves in a county:
                     (A)  that has a population of 50,000 or less; and
                     (B)  that does not have a county court at law; and
               (2)  has at least jurisdiction of:
                     (A)  Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases;
                     (B)  probate matters;
                     (C)  guardianship matters; and
                     (D)  matters of mental health under Subtitle C,
  Title 7, Health and Safety Code.
         (b)  In conducting the study, the Office of Court
  Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall prepare a report
  on the results of the study and recommendations on methods to
  improve compensation for county judges described by Subsection (a)
  of this section.
         (c)  Not later than November 1, 2014, the Office of Court
  Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall submit a copy of
  the report prepared under Subsection (b) of this section to the
  lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
  and the chairs of the appropriate committees of the legislature
  with jurisdiction over the judiciary.
         SECTION 2.  This Act expires January 1, 2016.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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