Honorable John T. Smithee, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB824 by Burton (Relating to compensation of certain justices and judges for performing extrajudicial services.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to exclude from the statutory maximum salary of a judge compensation for extrajudicial services performed by a district judge for 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. Based on the analysis of the Office of Court Administration, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
According to the Office of Court Administration, the amount of additional compensation allowed to be paid to district judges by counties would increase; however, the increase would be permissive. Therefore, any fiscal impact would be made voluntarily by counties. No significant fiscal impact is anticipated.
According to Dallas County, no fiscal impact is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council