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1	1	S.B. No. 497
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to compensation paid to certain judges and justices.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 26.006, Government Code,
8	8	is amended to read as follows:
9	9	(b) To receive a supplement under Subsection (a), a county
10	10	judge must file with the comptroller's judiciary section [Office of
11	11	Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System] an affidavit
12	12	stating that at least 40 percent of the functions that the judge
13	13	performs are judicial functions. [The office of court
14	14	administration shall send the affidavit to the comptroller.]
15	15	SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 659.0125, Government
16	16	Code, is amended to read as follows:
17	17	(a) Notwithstanding Section 659.012 or any other law, a
18	18	district judge who presides over multidistrict litigation
19	19	involving claims for asbestos-related or silica-related injuries
20	20	is entitled to receive, in addition to all other compensation,
21	21	expenses, and perquisites authorized by law, the maximum amount of
22	22	compensation set by the Texas Judicial Council for a presiding
23	23	judge under Section 74.051(b). The annual amount must be
24	24	apportioned over 12 equal monthly payments and be paid to the judge
25	25	by the comptroller's judiciary section [Texas Judicial Council] for
26	26	each month during which the judge retains jurisdiction over the
27	27	claims.
28	28	SECTION 3. Section 659.0445, Government Code, is amended by
29	29	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
30	30	as follows:
31	31	(b) The monthly amount of longevity pay under this section
32	32	to which a judge or justice described by Subsection (a) is entitled:
33	33	(1) is equal to the product of .031 multiplied by the
34	34	amount of the judge's or justice's current monthly state salary [$20
35	35	for each year of service credited in the applicable retirement
36	36	system, subject to Subsection (c)]; and
37	37	(2) [is calculated and] becomes payable beginning with
38	38	the month following the month in which the judge or justice
39	39	completes 16 years of service for which credit is established in the
40	40	applicable retirement system.
41	41	(d) The commissioners court of a county may provide
42	42	longevity pay calculated in accordance with this section to a judge
43	43	or justice described by Subsection (a) who:
44	44	(1) previously served as a statutory county court
45	45	judge in the county;
46	46	(2) is not otherwise eligible for longevity pay under
47	47	Subsection (b); and
48	48	(3) would be entitled to longevity pay under this
49	49	section if the service credit the judge or justice earned as a
50	50	statutory county court judge was established in the applicable
51	51	retirement system.
52	52	(e) Notwithstanding any other law, longevity pay that is
53	53	paid to a judge or justice under this section is not included as
54	54	part of the judge's or justice's combined salary from state and
55	55	county sources for purposes of the salary limitations provided by
56	56	Section 659.012.
57	57	SECTION 4. Subsection (c), Section 659.0445, Government
58	58	Code, is repealed.
59	59	SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply to
60	60	longevity pay payable to a judge or justice after the effective date
61	61	of this Act, regardless of the date the judge or justice first
62	62	becomes entitled to longevity pay.
63	63	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
64	64	______________________________ ______________________________
65	65	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
66	66	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 497 passed the Senate on
67	67	March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0;
68	68	May 29, 2009, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and
69	69	requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 30, 2009, House
70	70	granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2009, Senate adopted
71	71	Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31,
72	72	Nays 0.
73	73	______________________________
74	74	Secretary of the Senate
75	75	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 497 passed the House, with
76	76	amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
77	77	Nays 0, one present not voting; May 30, 2009, House granted request
78	78	of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
79	79	May 31, 2009, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
80	80	following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one present not voting.
81	81	______________________________
82	82	Chief Clerk of the House
83	83	Approved:
84	84	______________________________
85	85	Date
86	86	______________________________
87	87	Governor