88R8975 JTZ-D     By: Dean H.B. No. 2723       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county   judges.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 26.006(a), Government Code, is 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   annual [state base] salary paid to a district judge with comparable   years of service as the county judge as set by the General   Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 [659.012(a)]   if at least 18 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 apply only to   a salary payment for a pay period beginning on or after the   effective date of this Act. 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, 2023.