Bill Text: TX HB165 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a cost-of-living increase in compensation for district court judges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-11 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB165 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB165-Introduced.html

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82R1153 JRH-F
By: Raymond H.B. No. 165

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a cost-of-living increase in compensation for district
court judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 32,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER A. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION PAID BY COUNTY
[FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL SERVICES]
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 32, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 32.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.002. COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE. The commissioners
court of a county may pay each judge of a district court having
jurisdiction in the county an annual cost-of-living increase in an
amount not to exceed 10 percent of the judge's combined salary from
state and county sources. Notwithstanding any other law,
compensation paid to a judge under this section is not included as
part of the judge's combined salary from state and county sources
for purposes of the salary limitations provided by Section 659.012.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.