Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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2	2	By: Murr H.B. No. 2734
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the service credit used in calculating longevity pay
8	8	for certain judges and prosecutors.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 25.0005(a), Government Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(a) A statutory county court judge, other than a statutory
13	13	county court judge who engages in the private practice of law, shall
14	14	be paid a total annual salary set by the commissioners court at an
15	15	amount that is not less than $1,000 less than the sum of the annual
16	16	salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with
17	17	Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of
18	18	service as the statutory county court judge and any state or county
19	19	contributions and supplements paid to a district judge in the
20	20	county, other than contributions received as compensation under
21	21	Section 74.051. A statutory county court judge's total annual
22	22	salary includes any state or county contributions and supplements
23	23	paid to the judge. For purposes of this subsection, the years of
24	24	service of a statutory county court judge include any years of
25	25	service as:
26	26	(1) an appellate court, district court, multicounty
27	27	statutory county court, or statutory probate court justice or
28	28	judge; or
29	29	(2) a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
30	30	or county attorney.
31	31	SECTION 2. Section 25.0023(a), Government Code, is amended
32	32	to read as follows:
33	33	(a) The commissioners court shall set the total annual
34	34	salary of each judge of a statutory probate court at an amount that
35	35	is at least equal to the sum of the annual salary as set by the
36	36	General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid
37	37	to a district judge with comparable years of service as the
38	38	statutory probate court judge and any state or county contributions
39	39	and supplements paid to a district judge in the county, other than
40	40	contributions received as compensation under Section 74.051. A
41	41	statutory probate court judge's total annual salary includes any
42	42	state or county contributions and supplements paid to the judge,
43	43	other than contributions paid under Section 25.0022(e). For
44	44	purposes of this subsection, the years of service of a statutory
45	45	probate court judge include any years of service as:
46	46	(1) an appellate court, district court, multicounty
47	47	statutory county court, or statutory county court justice or judge;
48	48	or
49	49	(2) a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
50	50	or county attorney.
51	51	SECTION 3. Section 25.2607(d), Government Code, is amended
52	52	to read as follows:
53	53	(d) Notwithstanding Section 25.0015, the state shall
54	54	annually compensate the administrative county of a multicounty
55	55	statutory county court for the salary of the judge of the
56	56	multicounty statutory county court in an amount equal to 100
57	57	percent of the state [base] salary paid to a district judge with
58	58	comparable years of service as the multicounty statutory county
59	59	court judge, as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance
60	60	with Section 659.012 [659.012(a)]. For purposes of this subsection,
61	61	the years of service of a multicounty statutory county court judge
62	62	include any years of service as:
63	63	(1) an appellate court, district court, statutory
64	64	county court, or statutory probate court justice or judge; or
65	65	(2) a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
66	66	or county attorney.
67	67	SECTION 4. Section 41.013, Government Code, is amended to
68	68	read as follows:
69	69	Sec. 41.013. COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN PROSECUTORS. (a)
70	70	Except as otherwise provided by law, a district attorney or
71	71	criminal district attorney is entitled to receive from the state
72	72	annual compensation in an amount equal to at least 80 percent of the
73	73	state annual salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in
74	74	accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with
75	75	comparable years of service as the district attorney or criminal
76	76	district attorney.
77	77	(b) For purposes of this section, the years of service of a
78	78	district attorney or criminal district attorney include any years
79	79	of service as:
80	80	(1) a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
81	81	or county attorney; or
82	82	(2) an appellate court justice, district judge, judge
83	83	of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory
84	84	county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court.
85	85	SECTION 5. Section 46.003, Government Code, is amended by
86	86	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
87	87	(a-1) For purposes of this section, the years of service of
88	88	the state prosecuting attorney or a state prosecutor include any
89	89	years of service as:
90	90	(1) a county attorney; or
91	91	(2) an appellate court justice, district judge, judge
92	92	of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory
93	93	county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court.
94	94	SECTION 6. Section 659.012(b), Government Code, is amended
95	95	to read as follows:
96	96	(b) A judge or justice for whom the amount of a state base
97	97	salary is prescribed by Subsection (a) is entitled to an annual
98	98	salary from the state in the amount equal to:
99	99	(1) 110 percent of the state base salary paid in
100	100	accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's
101	101	position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge
102	102	or justice accrues four years of:
103	103	(A) contributing service credit in the Judicial
104	104	Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement
105	105	System of Texas Plan Two;
106	106	(B) service as a judge of a statutory county
107	107	court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate
108	108	court or as a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
109	109	county attorney; or
110	110	(C) combined contributing service credit and
111	111	service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B); and
112	112	(2) 120 percent of the state base salary paid in
113	113	accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's
114	114	position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge
115	115	or justice accrues eight years of:
116	116	(A) contributing service credit in the Judicial
117	117	Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement
118	118	System of Texas Plan Two;
119	119	(B) service as a judge of a statutory county
120	120	court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate
121	121	court or as a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
122	122	county attorney; or
123	123	(C) combined contributing service credit and
124	124	service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B).
125	125	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.