| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county |
|
|
judges. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. 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 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |