88R23135 JTZ-F
 
  By: Leach H.B. No. 2779
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2779:
 
  By:  Murr C.S.H.B. No. 2779
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the compensation of a district judge and the associated
  retirement benefits of certain other elected state officials.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 659.012(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.011 and subject to
  Subsections (b) and (b-1):
               (1)  a judge of a district court is entitled to an
  annual base salary from the state as set by the General
  Appropriations Act in an amount equal to at least $172,494
  [$140,000], except that the combined base salary of a district
  judge from all state and county sources, including compensation for
  any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of the county, may
  not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the maximum combined
  base salary from all state and county sources for a justice of a
  court of appeals other than a chief justice as determined under this
  subsection;
               (2)  a justice of a court of appeals other than the
  chief justice is entitled to an annual base salary from the state in
  the amount equal to 110 percent of the state base salary of a
  district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act, except
  that the combined base salary of a justice of the court of appeals
  other than the chief justice from all state and county sources,
  including compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on
  behalf of the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less
  than the base salary for a justice of the supreme court as
  determined under this subsection;
               (3)  a justice of the supreme court other than the chief
  justice or a judge of the court of criminal appeals other than the
  presiding judge is entitled to an annual base salary from the state
  in the amount equal to 120 percent of the state base salary of a
  district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act; and
               (4)  the chief justice or presiding judge of an
  appellate court is entitled to an annual base salary from the state
  in the amount equal to $2,500 more than the state base salary
  provided for the other justices or judges of the court, except that
  the combined base salary of the chief justice of a court of appeals
  from all state and county sources may not exceed the amount equal to
  $2,500 less than the base salary for a justice of the supreme court
  as determined under this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 814.103(a) and (a-1), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) or (b), the
  standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the
  elected class of membership is an amount equal to the number of
  years of service credit in that class, times 2.3 percent of $140,000
  [the state base salary, excluding longevity pay payable under
  Section 659.0445 and as adjusted from time to time, being paid to a
  district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act in
  accordance with Section 659.012(a)].
         (a-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the standard
  service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected
  class of membership for a member of the class under Section
  812.002(a)(3) whose effective date of retirement is on or after
  September 1, 2019, is an amount equal to the number of years of
  service credit in that class, times 2.3 percent of the state salary,
  excluding longevity pay payable under Section 659.0445 [and as
  adjusted from time to time], being paid in accordance with Section
  659.012 to a district judge who has the same number of years of
  contributing service credit as the member on the member's last day
  of service as a district or criminal district attorney, as
  applicable.
         SECTION 3.  Section 834.102(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The base service retirement annuity for a person whose
  effective date of retirement is:
               (1)  before September 1, 2019, is an amount equal to 50
  percent of the state base salary[, as adjusted from time to time,]
  being paid in accordance with Section 659.012(a) to a judge of a
  court of the same classification as the court on which the retiree
  last served before retirement; or
               (2)  on or after September 1, 2019, is an amount equal
  to 50 percent of the state salary[, as adjusted from time to time,]
  being paid in accordance with Section 659.012(b)(2) to a judge of a
  court of the same classification as the court on which the retiree
  last served before retirement.
         SECTION 4.  Notwithstanding Section 659.012(a), Government
  Code, as amended by this Act, a judge of a district court is
  entitled to an annual base salary from the state as set by the
  General Appropriations Act in an amount equal to at least $155,400
  for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023, and ending
  August 31, 2024, and that amount is the annual base salary to be
  used for the purpose of calculating any other judicial salaries by
  reference to that section for the state fiscal year beginning
  September 1, 2023, and ending August 31, 2024.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.