BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1765 |
By: Capriglione |
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties believe that certain justices and judges should be fairly compensated for the additional services they perform for the benefit of the county. C.S.H.B. 1765 seeks to allow for compensation for the performance of extrajudicial services without regard to such a judge's or justice's salary cap.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1765 amends the Government Code to specify that the combined salary from state and county sources of a district judge and a justice of a court of appeals other than the chief justice does not include compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of the applicable county for purposes of calculating the judge's or justice's salary cap.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1765 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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