Bill Text: TX HB5002 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to longevity pay for certain prosecutors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB5002 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5002-Introduced.html

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88R3068 JTZ-F
By: Smith H.B. No. 5002

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to longevity pay for certain prosecutors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.013, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 41.013. COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN PROSECUTORS. Except
as otherwise provided by law, a district attorney or criminal
district attorney is entitled to receive from the state:
(1) annual compensation in an amount equal to at least
80 percent of the state annual salary as set by the General
Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a
district judge with comparable years of service as the district
attorney or criminal district attorney; and
(2) a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the
district attorney's or criminal district attorney's years of
service that would be paid to the district attorney or criminal
district attorney under Section 659.0445 if the district attorney
or criminal district attorney were a judge or justice described by
Section 659.0445(a).
SECTION 2. Section 46.003(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The state prosecuting attorney and each state
prosecutor is entitled to receive from the state:
(1) a salary in an amount equal to the state annual
salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with
Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of
service as the state prosecuting attorney or state prosecutor; and
(2) a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the
state prosecuting attorney's or state prosecutor's years of service
that would be paid to the state prosecuting attorney or state
prosecutor under Section 659.0445 if the state prosecuting attorney
or state prosecutor were a judge or justice described by Section
659.0445(a).
SECTION 3. Sections 41.013 and 46.003(a), Government Code,
as amended by this Act, apply beginning with the first pay period
that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.