Amend CSHB 1 by adopting the following into Article XI:
____. Appropriations for Judicial Compensation. a. In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in Article IV, The Judiciary, an estimated amount of $9,810,922 each fiscal year is appropriated from general revenue to fund a five percent judicial pay increase and associated benefits costs for judicial offices and other court personnel linked to the salary of a district judge by statute. Funds appropriated in this section shall be allocated to each court or agency as appropriate.
Notwithstanding the annual salary for judicial officers specified in bill patterns for the courts and affected judicial agencies in the Schedule of Exempt Positions, the annual salaries for judicial officers and other court personnel linked to the salary of a district judge by statute are increased by this appropriation. The Comptroller of Public Accounts shall administer this section.
b. The following is an informational listing of the estimated allocation by agency:
For the Year Ending
Judicial Salaries
August 31, 2016
August 31, 2017
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Supreme Court
$75,600
$75,600
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Court of Criminal Appeals
$75,600
$75,600
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First Court of Appeals, Houston
$69,300
$69,300
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Second Court of Appeals, Fort Worth
$53,900
$53,900
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Third Court of Appeals, Austin
$46,200
$46,200
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Fourth Court of Appeals, San Antonio
$53,900
$53,900
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Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas
$100,100
$100,100
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Sixth Court of Appeals, Texarkana
$23,100
$23,100
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Seventh Court of Appeals, Amarillo
$30,800
$30,800
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Eighth Court of Appeals, El Paso
$23,100
$23,100
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Ninth Court of Appeals, Beaumont
$30,800
$30,800
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Tenth Court of Appeals, Waco
$23,100
$23,100
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Eleventh Court of Appeals, Eastland
$23,100
$23,100
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Twelfth Court of Appeals, Tyler
$23,100
$23,100
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Thirteenth Court of Appeals, Corpus
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Christi-Edinburg
$46,200
$46,200
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Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston
$69,300
$69,300
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Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney
$7,000
$7,000
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Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department:
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Strategy A.1.1, District Judge Salaries
$3,220,000
$3,220,000
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Strategy A.1.2 Visiting Judges - Regions
$264,443
$264,443
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Strategy A.1.3 Visiting Judges - Appellate
$18,223
$18,223
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Strategy A.1.7 Multidistrict Litigation Salary
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Strategy B.1.1 and B.1.3, District Attorneys, Criminal District Attorneys and County
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Strategy B.1.2, Professional Prosecutors
$1,078,000
$1,078,000
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Strategy C.1.3, Statutory County Judge 573
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Supplement
$1,075,200
$1,075,200
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Strategy D.1.2, County Attorney Supplement
$305,590
$305,590
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Comptroller of Public Accounts
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Longevity Pay
$19,530
$19,530
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Subtotal, Salaries and Salary Supplements
$6,790,186
$6,790,186
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Employees Retirement System
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Contribution to the Judicial Retirement
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System, Plan 1
$1,264,239
$1,264,239
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Contribution to the Judicial Retirement
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System, Plan 2
$522,209
$522,209
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ERS Elected Class Members
$1,234,288
$1,234,288
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Total, Salaries, Supplements and Benefits
$9,810,922
$9,810,922
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c. The Additional funding shall increase salaries and salary supplements for the identified positions to the following amounts:
For the Year Ending
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2016
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal
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Justices of the Supreme Court
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Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals
$168,000
$176,400
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Chief Justices of the Courts of Appeals
$156,500
$164,200
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Justices of the Courts of Appeals
$154,000
$161,700
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District Judges
$140,000
$147,000
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Statutory County Judge Salary
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District Attorneys in the Professional
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Prosecutors Act
$140,000
$147,000
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District Attorneys, Government Code, Sec. 41.013
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County Attorneys, Government Code,
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Sec. 44.220 and 45.175
$112,000
$117,600
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County Attorneys
$23,333
$24,500
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