| 1 | 1 | | 84R10864 LED-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Smithee, Murr, Cook, et al. H.B. No. 2774 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county |
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| 8 | 8 | | judges. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 26.006(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A county judge is entitled to an annual salary |
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| 13 | 13 | | supplement from the state in an amount equal to 25 percent of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | amount appropriated for the annual salary of a district judge in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012(a) |
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| 16 | 16 | | [of $15,000] if at least 40 percent of the functions that the county |
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| 17 | 17 | | judge performs are judicial functions. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act take effect |
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| 19 | 19 | | on the effective date of this Act and apply only to a salary payment |
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| 20 | 20 | | for a pay period beginning on or after that date. A salary payment |
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| 21 | 21 | | for a pay period beginning before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 22 | 22 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the pay period began, and |
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| 23 | 23 | | that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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