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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the annual salary of a statutory probate judge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0023, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), the [The] commissioners |
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court shall set the annual salary of each judge of a statutory |
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probate court at an amount that is at least equal to the total |
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annual salary received by a district judge in the county. A |
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district judge's or statutory probate court judge's total annual |
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salary includes contributions and supplements paid by the state or |
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a county, other than contributions received as compensation under |
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Section 25.0022(e). |
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(a-1) A judge of a statutory probate court is entitled to an |
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annual salary, not including contributions and supplements paid by |
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the state or county, in the amount that is equal to the salary to |
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which a district judge with the same number of years of service |
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credit in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the |
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Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two is entitled under |
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Section 659.012(b). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the first pay period that begins on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019, but only |
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if S.B. 387, Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, |
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or similar legislation becomes law. If that bill or similar |
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legislation does not become law, this Act has no effect. |