Bill Text: TX SB560 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB560 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB560-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 560 | ||
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| relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the | ||
| compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 25.0005, Government | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The salary shall be paid in: | ||
| (1) equal monthly installments; or | ||
| (2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the | ||
| commissioners court. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 31.004, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.004. EQUAL [ |
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| compensation authorized by this chapter shall be paid in: | ||
| (1) equal monthly installments; or | ||
| (2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the | ||
| commissioners courts in the counties of the court of appeals | ||
| district. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 32.001, Government Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The compensation shall be paid [ |
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| of the county in: | ||
| (1) monthly installments; or | ||
| (2) biweekly installments if authorized by the | ||
| commissioners court. | ||
| SECTION 4. Subsection (e), Section 43.180, Government Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall pay the | ||
| district attorney a salary of not less than $35,000 a year. The | ||
| county salary shall be paid in equal biweekly [ |
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| installments. | ||
| SECTION 5. Subsection (e), Section 152.904, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall set the | ||
| annual salary of the county judge at an amount that is not less than | ||
| $1,000 more than the total annual salary received by county | ||
| criminal court at law judges in the county. The salary shall be | ||
| paid in [ |
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| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 560 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 560 passed the House on | ||
| May 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
