85R32514 CAE-D
By: Burton S.B. No. 824
(Capriglione)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 824: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensation of certain justices and judges for
performing extrajudicial services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.012, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 659.011 and except as provided
by Subsection (a-1):
(1) a judge of a district court is entitled to an
annual salary from the state of at least $125,000, except that the
combined salary of a district judge from state and county sources,
including compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on
behalf of the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less
than the salary provided for a justice of a court of appeals other
than a chief justice;
(2) a justice of a court of appeals other than the
chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the state that is
equal to 110 percent of the salary of a district judge, except that
the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other than
the chief justice from all state and county sources, including
compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of
the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the
salary provided for a justice of the supreme court;
(3) a justice of the supreme court other than the chief
justice or a judge of the court of criminal appeals other than the
presiding judge is entitled to an annual salary from the state that
is equal to 120 percent of the salary of a district judge; and
(4) the chief justice or presiding judge of an
appellate court is entitled to an annual salary from the state that
is $2,500 more than the salary provided for the other justices or
judges of the court, except that the combined salary of the chief
justice of a court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is
$2,500 less than the salary provided for a justice of the supreme
court.
(a-1) This subsection applies only to a court located in a
county with a population of 1.8 million or more that is adjacent to
a county with a population of 2.2 million or more. Notwithstanding
Section 659.011 and Subsection (a):
(1) a judge of a district court is entitled to an
annual salary from the state of at least $125,000, except that the
combined salary of a district judge from state and county sources,
not including compensation for any extrajudicial services
performed on behalf of the county, may not exceed the amount that is
$5,000 less than the salary provided for a justice of a court of
appeals other than a chief justice; and
(2) a justice of a court of appeals other than the
chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the state that is
equal to 110 percent of the salary of a district judge, except that
the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other than
the chief justice from all state and county sources, not including
compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of
the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the
salary provided for a justice of the supreme court.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.