| 5 | 5 | | |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | relating to the total annual salary from state and county sources |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | for certain state prosecutors. |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 46.003, Government Code, is amended by |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | follows: |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | by Subsection (c-1), if the amount of a state prosecutor's total |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | annual salary from state and county sources exceeds the amount of |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | the maximum combined base salary from all state and county sources |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | provided by Section 659.012 for a district judge with comparable |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | years of service as the state prosecutor, the comptroller shall |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | reduce the state prosecutor's state annual salary by the amount |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | equal to the excess amount, except that the comptroller may not |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | reduce the state prosecutor's state annual salary to an amount that |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | is less than the state base salary paid to a district judge as set by |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | 659.012(a). |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | (c-1) The limitation on the amount of a state prosecutor's |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | total annual salary under Subsection (c) does not apply to the |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | salary paid to a state prosecutor who serves in a judicial district |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | or county, as applicable, with a population of less than 400,000. |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
|---|