SECTION 1. Section
659.012(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding Section
659.011:
(1) a judge of a district
court is entitled to an annual salary from the state of at least $125,000,
except that the combined salary of a district judge from state and county
sources, not including
compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of the
county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the salary
provided for a justice of a court of appeals other than a chief justice;
(2) a justice of a court of
appeals other than the chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from
the state that is equal to 110 percent of the salary of a district judge,
except that the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other
than the chief justice from all state and county sources, not including compensation for any
extrajudicial services performed on behalf of the county, may not exceed
the amount that is $5,000 less than the salary provided for a justice of
the supreme court;
(3) a justice of the supreme
court other than the chief justice or a judge of the court of criminal
appeals other than the presiding judge is entitled to an annual salary from
the state that is equal to 120 percent of the salary of a district judge;
and
(4) the chief justice or
presiding judge of an appellate court is entitled to an annual salary from
the state that is $2,500 more than the salary provided for the other
justices or judges of the court, except that the combined salary of the
chief justice of a court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is
$2,500 less than the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court.
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SECTION 1. Section 659.012,
Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding Section
659.011 and except as provided by
Subsection (a-1):
(1) a judge of a district
court is entitled to an annual salary from the state of at least $125,000,
except that the combined salary of a district judge from state and county
sources, including compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on
behalf of the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than
the salary provided for a justice of a court of appeals other than a chief
justice;
(2) a justice of a court of
appeals other than the chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from
the state that is equal to 110 percent of the salary of a district judge,
except that the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other
than the chief justice from all state and county sources, including
compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of the
county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the salary
provided for a justice of the supreme court;
(3) a justice of the supreme
court other than the chief justice or a judge of the court of criminal
appeals other than the presiding judge is entitled to an annual salary from
the state that is equal to 120 percent of the salary of a district judge;
and
(4) the chief justice or
presiding judge of an appellate court is entitled to an annual salary from
the state that is $2,500 more than the salary provided for the other
justices or judges of the court, except that the combined salary of the
chief justice of a court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is
$2,500 less than the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court.
(a-1) This subsection applies only to a court located in a
county with a population of 1.8 million or more that is adjacent to a
county with a population of 2.2 million or more. Notwithstanding Section
659.011 and Subsection (a):
(1) a judge of a district court is entitled to an annual salary
from the state of at least $125,000, except that the combined salary of a
district judge from state and county sources, not including compensation
for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of the county, may not
exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the salary provided for a
justice of a court of appeals other than a chief justice; and
(2) a justice of a court of appeals other than the chief
justice is entitled to an annual salary from the state that is equal to 110
percent of the salary of a district judge, except that the combined salary
of a justice of the court of appeals other than the chief justice from all
state and county sources, not including compensation for any extrajudicial
services performed on behalf of the county, may not exceed the amount that
is $5,000 less than the salary provided for a justice of the supreme court.
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