88R3069 JTZ-F
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 277
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the service credit used in calculating longevity pay
  for certain judges and prosecutors.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.0005(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A statutory county court judge, other than a statutory
  county court judge who engages in the private practice of law, shall
  be paid a total annual salary set by the commissioners court at an
  amount that is not less than $1,000 less than the sum of the annual
  salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with
  Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of
  service as the statutory county court judge and any state or county
  contributions and supplements paid to a district judge in the
  county, other than contributions received as compensation under
  Section 74.051. A statutory county court judge's total annual
  salary includes any state or county contributions and supplements
  paid to the judge. For purposes of this subsection, the years of
  service of a statutory county court judge include any years of
  service as:
               (1)  an appellate court, district court, multicounty
  statutory county court, or statutory probate court justice or
  judge; or
               (2)  a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
  or county attorney.
         SECTION 2.  Section 25.0023(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court shall set the total annual
  salary of each judge of a statutory probate court at an amount that
  is at least equal to the sum of the annual salary as set by the
  General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid
  to a district judge with comparable years of service as the
  statutory probate court judge and any state or county contributions
  and supplements paid to a district judge in the county, other than
  contributions received as compensation under Section 74.051. A
  statutory probate court judge's total annual salary includes any
  state or county contributions and supplements paid to the judge,
  other than contributions paid under Section 25.0022(e). For
  purposes of this subsection, the years of service of a statutory
  probate court judge include any years of service as:
               (1)  an appellate court, district court, multicounty
  statutory county court, or statutory county court justice or judge;
  or
               (2)  a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
  or county attorney.
         SECTION 3.  Section 25.2607(d), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding Section 25.0015, the state shall
  annually compensate the administrative county of a multicounty
  statutory county court for the salary of the judge of the
  multicounty statutory county court in an amount equal to 100
  percent of the state [base] salary paid to a district judge with
  comparable years of service as the multicounty statutory county
  court judge, as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance
  with Section 659.012 [659.012(a)]. For purposes of this subsection,
  the years of service of a multicounty statutory county court judge
  include any years of service as:
               (1)  an appellate court, district court, statutory
  county court, or statutory probate court justice or judge; or
               (2)  a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
  or county attorney.
         SECTION 4.  Section 41.013, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 41.013.  COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN PROSECUTORS. (a)
  Except as otherwise provided by law, a district attorney or
  criminal district attorney is entitled to receive from the state
  annual compensation in an amount equal to at least 80 percent of the
  state annual salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in
  accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with
  comparable years of service as the district attorney or criminal
  district attorney.
         (b)  For purposes of this section, the years of service of a
  district attorney or criminal district attorney include any years
  of service as:
               (1)  a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
  or county attorney; or
               (2)  an appellate court justice, district judge, judge
  of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory
  county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court.
         SECTION 5.  Section 46.003, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  For purposes of this section, the years of service of
  the state prosecuting attorney or a state prosecutor include any
  years of service as:
               (1)  a county attorney; or
               (2)  an appellate court justice, district judge, judge
  of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory
  county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court.
         SECTION 6.  Section 659.012(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A judge or justice for whom the amount of a state base
  salary is prescribed by Subsection (a) is entitled to an annual
  salary from the state in the amount equal to:
               (1)  110 percent of the state base salary paid in
  accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's
  position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge
  or justice accrues four years of:
                     (A)  contributing service credit in the Judicial
  Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement
  System of Texas Plan Two;
                     (B)  service as a judge of a statutory county
  court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate
  court or as a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
  county attorney; or
                     (C)  combined contributing service credit and
  service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B); and
               (2)  120 percent of the state base salary paid in
  accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's
  position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge
  or justice accrues eight years of:
                     (A)  contributing service credit in the Judicial
  Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement
  System of Texas Plan Two;
                     (B)  service as a judge of a statutory county
  court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate
  court or as a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
  county attorney; or
                     (C)  combined contributing service credit and
  service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B).
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.