Bill Text: TX HB343 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Referred to County Affairs [HB343 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB343-Introduced.html

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86R3342 TSS-F
By: Nevárez H.B. No. 343

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county
judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.006(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A county judge is entitled to an annual salary
supplement from the state in an amount equal to 25 [18] percent of
the annual compensation provided for a district judge in the
General Appropriations Act if at least 40 percent of the functions
that the judge performs are judicial functions.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act takes effect
on the effective date of this Act and applies only to a salary
payment for a pay period beginning on or after that date. A salary
payment for a pay period beginning before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the pay period
began, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.