H.B. No. 765
AN ACT
relating to supplemental payments made to certain statutory probate
court judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0023, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any other law and in addition to the
judge's annual salary, the commissioners court annually shall pay a
judge of a statutory probate court who has continuously served as a
judge of a statutory probate court or a statutory county court since
August 31, 1995, an additional amount equal to the amount of benefit
replacement pay a district judge is entitled to receive from the
state under Subchapter H, Chapter 659, for equivalent continuous
service [The salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments].
(c) The commissioners court monthly shall pay a statutory
probate court judge who has served as a judge of a statutory probate
court or a statutory county court for at least 16 years longevity
pay in an amount equal to the amount of longevity pay a district
judge is entitled to receive from the state for equivalent years of
service. The longevity pay is in addition to the judge's monthly
salary.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 765 was passed by the House on April
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 765 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor