By: Leach H.B. No. 5130       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the additional compensation certain counties pay to   judges and justices for extrajudicial services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 659.011 and subject   to Subsections (b) and (b-1):                (1)  a judge of a district court or a division of the   business court is entitled to an annual base salary from the state   as set by the General Appropriations Act in an amount equal to at   least $140,000, except that the combined base salary of a district   judge or judge of a division of the business court 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 $1,000$5,000 less than the maximum combined base   salary from all state and county sources for a justice of a court of   appeals other than a chief justice as determined under this   subsection;                (2)  except as provided by Subdivision (3), a justice   of a court of appeals other than the chief justice is entitled to an   annual base salary from the state in the amount equal to 110 percent   of the state base salary of a district judge as set by the General   Appropriations Act, except that the combined base 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 $1,000$5,000 less than the base salary   for a justice of the supreme court as determined under this   subsection;                (3)  a justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth   Court of Appeals District other than the chief justice is entitled   to an annual base salary from the state in the amount equal to   $1,000$5,000 less than 120 percent of the state base salary of a   district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act;                (4)  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 base salary from the state   in the amount equal to 120 percent of the state base salary of a   district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act; and                (5)  the chief justice or presiding judge of an   appellate court is entitled to an annual base salary from the state   in the amount equal to $2,500 more than the state base salary   provided for the other justices or judges of the court, except that   the combined base salary of the chief justice of a court of appeals   from all state and county sources may not exceed the amount equal to   $1,500$2,500 less than the base salary for a justice of the supreme   court as determined under this subsection.          (b)  A judge or justice for whom the amount of a state base   salary is prescribed by Subsection (a) is entitled to an annual   salary from the state in the amount equal to:                (1)  110 percent of the state base salary paid in   accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's   position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge   or justice accrues four years of:                      (A)  contributing service credit in the Judicial   Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement   System of Texas Plan Two;                      (B)  service as a judge or a full-time associate   judge of a district court, statutory county court, multicounty   statutory county court, or statutory probate court or as a district   attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney; or                      (C)  combined contributing service credit and   service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B); and                (2)  120 percent of the state base salary paid in   accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's   position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge   or justice accrues eight years of:                      (A)  contributing service credit in the Judicial   Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement   System of Texas Plan Two;                      (B)  service as a judge or a full-time associate   judge of a district court, statutory county court, multicounty   statutory county court, or statutory probate court or as a district   attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney; or                      (C)  combined contributing service credit and   service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B).          (b-1)  A limitation on the combined base salary from all   state and county sources prescribed by Subsection (a)(1) or (2)   applies to a judge or justice to whom Subsection (b) applies, except   that the amount by which the annual salary from the state paid to   the judge or justice in accordance with Subsection (b) exceeds the   amount of the state base salary for the judge's or justice's   position set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with   Subsection (a) is not included as part of the judge's or justice's   combined base salary from all state and county sources for purposes   of determining whether the judge's or justice's salary exceeds the   limitation.          (c)  To the extent of any conflict, the salary limitations   provided by Subsection (a) for the combined base salary of a state   judge or justice from state and local sources prevail over any   provision of Chapter 31 or 32 that authorizes the payment of   additional compensation to a state judge or justice.          (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this section or   other law, in a county with more than five district courts, a   district judge who serves as a local administrative district judge   under Section 74.091 is entitled to an annual base salary from the   state in the amount equal to $5,000 more than the maximum salary   from the state to which the judge is otherwise entitled under   Subsection (a) or (b).          (e)  For the purpose of salary payments by the state, the   comptroller shall determine from sworn statements filed by the   justices of the courts of appeals, district judges, and business   court judges that the required salary limitations provided by   Subsection (a) are maintained.  If the state base salary for a judge   or justice prescribed by Subsection (a) combined with additional   compensation from a county would exceed the limitations provided by   Subsection (a), the comptroller shall reduce the salary payment   made by the state by the amount of the excess.          (f)  For purposes of Subsection (b), "contributing service   credit" means service credit established in the:                (1)  Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One under   Section 833.101 or 833.106 for each month of service in which the   member held a judicial office described by Section 832.001(a),   including service credit established under either section that was   previously canceled but reestablished under Section 833.102; or                (2)  Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two under   Section 838.101 or 838.106 for each month of service in which the   member held a judicial office described by Section 837.001(a),   including service credit established under either section that was   previously canceled but reestablished under Section 838.102.          (g)  In addition to the state salary provided under   Subsection (a) or (b), a judge of the division of a business court   is entitled to additional compensation from the state equal to the   maximum amount a district judge may be paid by a county under   Section 32.001 and Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply   beginning with the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1,   2025.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.