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1	1	H.B. No. 3468
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the selection, duties, and compensation of a presiding
6	6	criminal judge in Travis County.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 25.2292(f), Government Code, is amended
9	9	to read as follows:
10	10	(f) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an
11	11	annual salary that is at least equal to the salary paid district
12	12	judges from the general revenue fund of the state, but not more than
13	13	$1,000 less than the annual salary, including supplements, received
14	14	by district judges in the county. For purposes of determining the
15	15	annual salary of a judge of a county court at law under this
16	16	section, the total annual salary received by a district judge in the
17	17	county does not include compensation paid to the presiding criminal
18	18	judge of Travis County under Section 75.016.
19	19	SECTION 2. Section 25.2293, Government Code, is amended by
20	20	adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
21	21	(m) For purposes of determining the annual salary of a judge
22	22	of a statutory probate court as provided by Section 25.0023, the
23	23	total annual salary received by a district judge in the county does
24	24	not include compensation paid to the presiding criminal judge of
25	25	Travis County under Section 75.016.
26	26	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 75, Government Code, is
27	27	amended by adding Section 75.016 to read as follows:
28	28	Sec. 75.016. PRESIDING CRIMINAL JUDGE OF TRAVIS COUNTY.
29	29	(a) The judges of the Travis County district courts that give
30	30	preference to criminal cases shall elect from among those judges a
31	31	presiding criminal judge for the county for a two-year term
32	32	expiring September 30 of each odd-numbered year.
33	33	(b) The presiding criminal judge, with respect to the Travis
34	34	County district courts that give preference to criminal cases,
35	35	shall:
36	36	(1) preside at all meetings of the criminal judges,
37	37	except when absent, in which case any other of those judges may
38	38	preside;
39	39	(2) implement and execute the local district court
40	40	rules of administration for those courts, including assigning all
41	41	capital murder cases to the proper court on a rotating basis;
42	42	(3) appoint any special or standing committees
43	43	necessary or desirable for the administration of those courts;
44	44	(4) address administrative issues on an emergency
45	45	basis for the criminal courts, provided that the presiding criminal
46	46	judge's decisions regarding those issues may be reviewed at the
47	47	next meeting of the judges of those courts;
48	48	(5) supervise the budget and fiscal matters of the
49	49	criminal courts;
50	50	(6) monitor and serve as liaison regarding any
51	51	legislation amending the Penal Code or Code of Criminal Procedure
52	52	and any other legislation affecting the business of those courts;
53	53	and
54	54	(7) serve as a liaison to the commissioners court of
55	55	the county and appear before the commissioners court as necessary.
56	56	(c) The Commissioners Court of Travis County may set
57	57	additional compensation to be paid to the presiding criminal judge
58	58	by the county in any amount that does not exceed the amount the
59	59	local administrative district judge of Travis County receives from
60	60	this state. Notwithstanding any other law, compensation paid the
61	61	presiding criminal judge under this subsection is not included as
62	62	part of the judge's combined salary from state and county sources
63	63	for purposes of the salary limitations provided by Section 659.012.
64	64	SECTION 4. The judges of the Travis County district courts
65	65	that give preference to criminal cases shall elect the presiding
66	66	criminal judge as required by Section 75.016, Government Code, as
67	67	added by this Act, for a term beginning October 1, 2009.
68	68	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
69	69	______________________________ ______________________________
70	70	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
71	71	I certify that H.B. No. 3468 was passed by the House on April
72	72	30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
73	73	voting.
74	74	______________________________
75	75	Chief Clerk of the House
76	76	I certify that H.B. No. 3468 was passed by the Senate on May
77	77	26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
78	78	______________________________
79	79	Secretary of the Senate
80	80	APPROVED: _____________________
81	81	Date
82	82	_____________________
83	83	Governor