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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compensation of certain justices and judges for |
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performing extrajudicial services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.012(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 659.011: |
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(1) a judge of a district court is entitled to an |
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annual salary from the state of at least $125,000, except that the |
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combined salary of a district judge from state and county sources, |
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not including compensation for any extrajudicial services |
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performed on behalf of the county, may not exceed the amount that is |
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$5,000 less than the salary provided for a justice of a court of |
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appeals other than a chief justice; |
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(2) a justice of a court of appeals other than the |
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chief justice is entitled to an annual salary from the state that is |
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equal to 110 percent of the salary of a district judge, except that |
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the combined salary of a justice of the court of appeals other than |
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the chief justice from all state and county sources, not including |
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compensation for any extrajudicial services performed on behalf of |
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the county, may not exceed the amount that is $5,000 less than the |
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salary provided for a justice of the supreme court; |
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(3) a justice of the supreme court other than the chief |
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justice or a judge of the court of criminal appeals other than the |
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presiding judge is entitled to an annual salary from the state that |
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is equal to 120 percent of the salary of a district judge; and |
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(4) the chief justice or presiding judge of an |
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appellate court is entitled to an annual salary from the state that |
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is $2,500 more than the salary provided for the other justices or |
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judges of the court, except that the combined salary of the chief |
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justice of a court of appeals may not exceed the amount that is |
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$2,500 less than the salary provided for a justice of the supreme |
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court. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |