| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 2310 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to longevity pay for certain prosecutors. |
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| 6 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Section 41.013, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 8 | 8 | | read as follows: |
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| 9 | 9 | | Sec. 41.013. COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN PROSECUTORS. Except |
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| 10 | 10 | | as otherwise provided by law, a district attorney or criminal |
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| 11 | 11 | | district attorney is entitled to receive from the state: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1) annual compensation in an amount equal to at least |
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| 13 | 13 | | 80 percent of the state annual salary as set by the General |
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| 14 | 14 | | Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a |
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| 15 | 15 | | district judge with comparable years of service as the district |
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| 16 | 16 | | attorney or criminal district attorney; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the |
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| 18 | 18 | | district attorney's or criminal district attorney's years of |
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| 19 | 19 | | service that would be paid to the district attorney or criminal |
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| 20 | 20 | | district attorney under Section 659.0445 if the district attorney |
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| 21 | 21 | | or criminal district attorney were a judge or justice described by |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 659.0445(a). |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 46.003(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) The state prosecuting attorney and each state |
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| 26 | 26 | | prosecutor is entitled to receive from the state: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) a salary in an amount equal to the state annual |
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| 28 | 28 | | salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of |
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| 30 | 30 | | service as the state prosecuting attorney or state prosecutor; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the |
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| 32 | 32 | | state prosecuting attorney's or state prosecutor's years of service |
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| 33 | 33 | | that would be paid to the state prosecuting attorney or state |
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| 34 | 34 | | prosecutor under Section 659.0445 if the state prosecuting attorney |
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| 35 | 35 | | or state prosecutor were a judge or justice described by Section |
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| 36 | 36 | | 659.0445(a). |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. Sections 41.013 and 46.003(a), Government Code, |
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| 38 | 38 | | as amended by this Act, apply beginning with the first pay period |
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| 39 | 39 | | that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2310 passed the Senate on |
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| 44 | 44 | | April 6, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | 47 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2310 passed the House on |
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| 48 | 48 | | May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 15, two |
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| 49 | 49 | | present not voting. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 52 | 52 | | Approved: |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Date |
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| 55 | 55 | | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | 56 | | Governor |
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