Amend CSHB 2779 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 26.006(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  A county judge is entitled to an annual salary supplement from the state in an amount equal to 18 percent of the annual [state base] salary paid to a district judge with comparable years of service as the county judge as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 [659.012(a)] if at least 18 percent of the:

(1)  functions that the judge performs are judicial functions; or

(2)  total hours that the judge works are in the performance of judicial functions.

SECTION ____.  Section 26.006(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a salary payment for a pay period beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. A salary payment for a pay period beginning before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the pay period began, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.