BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1985 By: Vasut Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides for certain enhancements to state judge and justice salaries if the judge or justice has accrued a certain number of years of service as a judge of a statutory county court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate court. However, service as an associate judge of a district court is not counted toward those salary enhancements, even though associate judges of district courts have extensive judicial responsibilities and must, like statutory county court judges, be lawyers. H.B. 1985 seeks to provide for prior service as a district court judge or full-time associate judge of a district court to be used in calculating the base salary for certain judges and justices. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 1985 amends the Government Code to authorize prior service as a district court judge or a full-time associate judge of a district court to be used in the calculation of a judge's or justice's annual base state salary. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2023.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 1985
By: Vasut
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 1985
By: Vasut
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides for certain enhancements to state judge and justice salaries if the judge or justice has accrued a certain number of years of service as a judge of a statutory county court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate court. However, service as an associate judge of a district court is not counted toward those salary enhancements, even though associate judges of district courts have extensive judicial responsibilities and must, like statutory county court judges, be lawyers. H.B. 1985 seeks to provide for prior service as a district court judge or full-time associate judge of a district court to be used in calculating the base salary for certain judges and justices.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 1985 amends the Government Code to authorize prior service as a district court judge or a full-time associate judge of a district court to be used in the calculation of a judge's or justice's annual base state salary.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Current law provides for certain enhancements to state judge and justice salaries if the judge or justice has accrued a certain number of years of service as a judge of a statutory county court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate court. However, service as an associate judge of a district court is not counted toward those salary enhancements, even though associate judges of district courts have extensive judicial responsibilities and must, like statutory county court judges, be lawyers. H.B. 1985 seeks to provide for prior service as a district court judge or full-time associate judge of a district court to be used in calculating the base salary for certain judges and justices.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1985 amends the Government Code to authorize prior service as a district court judge or a full-time associate judge of a district court to be used in the calculation of a judge's or justice's annual base state salary.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2023.