Bill Text: TX HB1222 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the annual salaries of the chief justice or the presiding judge of an appellate court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-01 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1222-Introduced.html
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By: Wray | H.B. No. 1222 |
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relating to the annual salaries of the chief justice or the | ||
presiding judge of an appellate court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 659.012(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding Section 659.011: | ||
(1) a judge of a district court is entitled to an | ||
annual salary from the state of at least $125,000, except that the | ||
combined salary of a district judge from state and county sources, | ||
including compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on | ||
behalf of the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less | ||
than the salary provided for a justice of a court of appeals other | ||
than a chief justice; | ||
(2) a justice of a court of appeals other than the | ||
chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the state that is | ||
equal to 110 percent of the salary of a district judge, except that | ||
the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other than | ||
the chief justice from all state and county sources, including | ||
compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of | ||
the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the | ||
salary provided for a justice of the supreme court; | ||
(3) a justice of the supreme court other than the chief | ||
justice or a judge of the court of criminal appeals other than the | ||
presiding judge is entitled to an annual salary from the state that | ||
is equal to 120 percent of the salary of a district judge; [ |
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(4) the chief justice [ |
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of appeals [ |
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the state that is $5,000 [ |
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the other justices or judges of the court, except that the combined | ||
salary of the chief justice of a court of appeals may not exceed the | ||
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of the supreme court; and | ||
(5) the chief justice of the supreme court or the | ||
presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals is entitled to an | ||
annual salary from the state that is $10,000 more than the salary | ||
provided for the other justices or judges of the court. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |