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| 1 | 1 | 89R11036 BCH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dean H.B. No. 2529 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county | |
| 10 | 10 | judges. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 26.006(a), Government Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) A county judge is entitled to an annual salary | |
| 15 | 15 | supplement from the state in an amount equal to 18 percent of the | |
| 16 | 16 | annual [state base] salary paid to a district judge with comparable | |
| 17 | 17 | years of service as the county judge as set by the General | |
| 18 | 18 | Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 [659.012(a)] | |
| 19 | 19 | if at least 18 percent of the: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) functions that the judge performs are judicial | |
| 21 | 21 | functions; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) total hours that the judge works are in the | |
| 23 | 23 | performance of judicial functions. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 25 | 25 | a salary payment for a pay period beginning on or after the | |
| 26 | 26 | effective date of this Act. A salary payment for a pay period | |
| 27 | 27 | beginning before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | |
| 28 | 28 | law in effect on the date the pay period began, and that law is | |
| 29 | 29 | continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |