Amend CSSB 293 (senate committee report) in SECTION 18 of the bill as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 18, amending Section 659.012, Government Code (page 8, line 37), strike "Subsection (d-1)" and substitute "Subsections (b-2) and (d-1)".
(2) In amended Sections 659.012(a)(2) and (3), Government Code (page 8, lines 53, 57, and 63), strike "other than the chief justice" each place it appears and substitute "[other than the chief justice]".
(3) In amended Section 659.012(a)(4), Government Code (page 8, lines 67 through 69):
(A) strike "other than the chief justice" and substitute "[other than the chief justice]"; and
(B) strike "other than the presiding judge" and substitute "[other than the presiding judge]".
(4) In amended Section 659.012(a)(5), Government Code (page 9, lines 4 through 7), strike "an annual base salary from the state in the amount equal to 107 percent of [$2,500 more than] the state base salary provided for the other justices or judges of the court and may not receive additional compensation from county sources" and substitute "additional compensation [an annual base salary] from the state in the amount equal to seven percent of [$2,500 more than] the state base salary provided for the other justices or judges of the court".
(5) Immediately following amended Section 659.012(a), Government Code (page 9, between lines 11 and 12), insert the following:
(b-2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the additional compensation from the state paid to a chief justice or presiding judge of an appellate court in accordance with Subsection (a)(5) is not included as part of the judge's or justice's combined base salary from all state and county sources for purposes of determining whether the judge's or justice's salary exceeds the limitation.