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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county |
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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. Section 26.006(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A county judge is entitled to an annual salary |
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supplement from the state in an amount equal to 25 percent of the |
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amount appropriated for the annual salary of a district judge in the |
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General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012(a) |
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[of $15,000] if at least 40 percent of the functions that the county |
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judge performs are judicial functions. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act take effect |
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on the effective date of this Act and apply only to a salary payment |
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for a pay period beginning on or after that date. A salary payment |
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for a pay period beginning before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the pay period began, and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |