83R7706 YDB-D By: Coleman H.B. No. 3796 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.0005(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The salary shall be paid in: (1) equal monthly installments; or (2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the commissioners court. SECTION 2. Section 31.004, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 31.004. EQUAL [MONTHLY] INSTALLMENTS. The compensation authorized by this chapter shall be paid in: (1) equal monthly installments; or (2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the commissioners courts in the counties of the court of appeals district. SECTION 3. Section 32.001(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The compensation shall be paid [in monthly installments] from the county general fund or other available funds of the county in: (1) monthly installments; or (2) biweekly installments if authorized by the commissioners court. SECTION 4. Section 43.180(e), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall pay the district attorney a salary of not less than $35,000 a year. The county salary shall be paid in equal biweekly [monthly] installments. SECTION 5. Section 152.904(e), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall set the annual salary of the county judge at an amount that is not less than $1,000 more than the total annual salary received by county criminal court at law judges in the county. The salary shall be paid in [12] equal biweekly [monthly] installments. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.