86R17990 YDB-F
By: Farrar H.B. No. 3568
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary paid to an official court reporter in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.051(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The official district court reporter may not receive:
(1) a salary that is more than 10 percent greater than
the salary received during the preceding budget year without the
approval of the commissioners court of each county in the judicial
district if the court reporter serves in a county with a population
of less than 1 million; [or]
(2) except as provided by Subdivision (3), a
percentage increase in salary in a fiscal year that is greater than
the average percentage increase in compensation in that fiscal year
to all other employees of the county in which the reporter serves if
the court reporter serves in a county with a population of 1 million
or more; or
(3) a percentage increase in salary in a fiscal year
that is greater than the average percentage increase in
compensation in that fiscal year to all other employees of the
county in which the reporter serves if the court reporter serves in
a county with a population of 3.5 million or more, unless approved
by the commissioners court.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.