Bill Text: TX SB560 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB560 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB560-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 560

AN ACT
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 [MONTHLY] INSTALLMENTS. The
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 [in monthly
installments] from the county general fund or other available funds
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 [monthly]
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 [12] equal biweekly [monthly] installments.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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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.
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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.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor