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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the annual base salary from the state of a district |
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judge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.012, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-2) and (b-3) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 659.011 and subject to |
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Subsections (b), [and] (b-1), and (b-2): |
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(1) a judge of a district court or a division of the |
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business court is entitled to an annual base salary from the state |
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as set by the General Appropriations Act in an amount equal to at |
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least $140,000, except that the combined base salary of a district |
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judge or judge of a division of the business court from all state |
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and county sources, including compensation for any extrajudicial |
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services performed on behalf of the county, may not exceed the |
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amount that is $5,000 less than the maximum combined base salary |
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from all state and county sources for a justice of a court of |
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appeals other than a chief justice as determined under this |
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subsection; |
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(2) except as provided by Subdivision (3), a justice |
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of a court of appeals other than the chief justice is entitled to an |
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annual base salary from the state in the amount equal to 110 percent |
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of the state base salary of a district judge as set by the General |
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Appropriations Act, except that the combined base salary of a |
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justice of the court of appeals other than the chief justice from |
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all state and county sources, including compensation for any |
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extrajudicial services performed on behalf of the county, may not |
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exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the base salary for a |
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justice of the supreme court as determined under this subsection; |
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(3) a justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth |
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Court of Appeals District other than the chief justice is entitled |
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to an annual base salary from the state in the amount equal to |
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$5,000 less than 120 percent of the state base salary of a district |
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judge as set by the General Appropriations Act; |
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(4) a justice of the supreme court other than the chief |
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justice or a judge of the court of criminal appeals other than the |
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presiding judge is entitled to an annual base salary from the state |
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in the amount equal to 120 percent of the state base salary of a |
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district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act; and |
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(5) the chief justice or presiding judge of an |
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appellate court is entitled to an annual base salary from the state |
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in the amount equal to $2,500 more than the state base salary |
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provided for the other justices or judges of the court, except that |
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the combined base salary of the chief justice of a court of appeals |
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from all state and county sources may not exceed the amount equal to |
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$2,500 less than the base salary for a justice of the supreme court |
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as determined under this subsection. |
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(b-2) The annual base salary from the state to which a judge |
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of a district court or a division of the business court is entitled |
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under Subsection (a)(1) for each year of a state fiscal biennium is |
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the amount equal to the sum of: |
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(1) the annual base salary from the state under |
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Subsection (a)(1) paid to a judge of a district court or a division |
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of the business court under that subdivision in the preceding state |
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fiscal biennium; and |
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(2) subject to Subsection (b-3), the annual base |
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salary described by Subdivision (1) multiplied by the average |
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percentage change during the preceding state fiscal biennium in the |
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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the |
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United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, |
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if that index is discontinued or superseded, a similar index the |
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comptroller selects or uses for calculation. |
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(b-3) For purposes of Subsection (b-2)(2), if the average |
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percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban |
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Consumers published by the United States Department of Labor, |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, if that index is discontinued or |
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superseded, a similar index the comptroller selects or uses for |
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calculation, during the period prescribed by that subdivision |
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equals zero or less, the percentage change is calculated as zero. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, |
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2027. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |