Bill Text: TX SB824 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to compensation of certain justices and judges for performing extrajudicial services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB824 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB824-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Burton | S.B. No. 824 | |
| (Capriglione) | ||
| Substitute the following for S.B. No. 824: No. | ||
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| relating to compensation of certain justices and judges for | ||
| performing extrajudicial services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 659.012, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) Notwithstanding Section 659.011 and except as provided | ||
| by Subsection (a-1): | ||
| (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; and | ||
| (4) the chief justice or presiding judge of an | ||
| appellate court is entitled to an annual salary from the state that | ||
| is $2,500 more than the salary provided for 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 amount that is | ||
| $2,500 less than the salary provided for a justice of the supreme | ||
| court. | ||
| (a-1) This subsection applies only to a court located in a | ||
| county with a population of 1.8 million or more that is adjacent to | ||
| a county with a population of 2.2 million or more. Notwithstanding | ||
| Section 659.011 and Subsection (a): | ||
| (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, | ||
| not 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; and | ||
| (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, not 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. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
