Bill Text: TX HB2244 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the annual state salary supplement for a county judge.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-11 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB2244 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2244-Comm_Sub.html

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87R9031 YDB-F
By: Wilson H.B. No. 2244
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2244:
By: Stephenson C.S.H.B. No. 2244

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the annual state salary supplement for a county judge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 26.006(a) and (b), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A county judge is entitled to an annual salary
supplement from the state in an amount equal to 18 percent of the
state base salary paid to a district judge as set by the General
Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012(a) if at
least 18 [40] percent of the:
(1) functions that the judge performs are judicial
functions; or
(2) total hours that the judge works are in the
performance of judicial functions.
(b) To receive a supplement under Subsection (a), a county
judge must file with the comptroller's judiciary section an
affidavit stating that at least 18 [40] percent of the:
(1) functions that the judge performs are judicial
functions; or
(2) total hours that the judge works are in the
performance of judicial functions.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act take effect
on the effective date of this Act and apply 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, 2021.