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AN ACT
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relating to the salary of a bailiff in El Paso County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 53.0091(a), (b), and (d), Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Each bailiff appointed under Section 53.002(c) shall be |
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paid an annual salary out of the general fund of El Paso County, |
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unless another source of funding is approved by the commissioners |
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court. The council of judges shall set the salary in writing |
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consistent with pay scales adopted by the commissioners court that |
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are comparable to other positions within El Paso County. [The
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appointing judge shall set the salary in writing, but except as
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otherwise provided by this section, the annual salary shall be set
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at $18,000 on August 26, 1985, and thereafter the $18,000 annual
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salary shall increase as provided by Subsection (c).] |
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(b) Bailiffs appointed under Section 53.002(c) who held |
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office as bailiffs under that section [Chapter 817, Acts of the 62nd
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 2292l, Vernon's Texas
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Civil Statutes), or under Chapter 532, Acts of the 67th
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 2292o, Vernon's Texas
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Civil Statutes),] on June 30, 2017 [August 25, 1985], are entitled |
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to receive at least the same annual salary or compensation under |
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this section as they received [under those Acts] on that date |
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[August 26, 1985]. |
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(d) A person appointed to succeed a bailiff who held office |
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as bailiff under Section 53.002(c) [Chapter 817, Acts of the 62nd
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 2292l, Vernon's Texas
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Civil Statutes), or under Chapter 532, Acts of the 67th
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 2292o, Vernon's Texas
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Civil Statutes),] is not entitled to be paid the same annual salary |
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paid to the bailiff the person [he] succeeds, but is entitled to |
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receive an annual salary as provided by Subsection (a) [the annual
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salary as provided by this section so that the bailiffs' salaries
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under this section will become uniform with the passage of time. A
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person appointed to succeed any bailiff before October 1, 1986, is
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entitled to the $18,000 annual salary set by Subsection (a). A
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person appointed to succeed any bailiff on or after October 1, 1986,
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is entitled to the $18,000 annual salary set by Subsection (a) or
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the salary set on the date the bailiff is appointed for a Grade 20 of
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the El Paso County Job Guide Designation for a new employee under
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Grade 20, whichever is greater. A bailiff whose annual salary is
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set on September 30, 1986, at $18,000 under this section is on
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October 1, 1986, entitled to any salary increase provided for under
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Subsection (c) or the salary set on October 1, 1986, for a Grade 20
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of the El Paso County Job Guide Designation for a new employee under
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Grade 20, whichever is greater. After October 1, 1986, all salary
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increases for bailiffs shall be uniform as provided for in
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Subsection (c). If a substantial number of those job titles or
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positions listed on the effective date of this section under Grade
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20 of the El Paso County Job Guide Designation are removed from
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Grade 20 or the El Paso County Job Guide Designation is replaced
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with some other system for setting employees' salaries under those
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job titles or positions listed under Grade 20 of the El Paso County
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Job Guide Designation, on the date a new bailiff is appointed, the
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starting salary being paid at that time by El Paso County to the
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functional equivalent of Grade 20 of the El Paso County Job Guide
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Designation shall be used in place of Grade 20. In determining the
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functional equivalent of Grade 20 under this section, the job
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titles, positions, or their equivalent listed under Grade 20 on
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August 26, 1985, shall be considered as the only factors]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 53.0091(c) and (e), Government Code, |
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are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1246 passed the Senate on |
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April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1246 passed the House on |
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May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two present |
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not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |