85R5007 SRS-F     By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1167       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 25 [18] percent of   the annual compensation provided for a district judge in the   General Appropriations Act if at least 40 percent of the functions   that the judge performs are judicial functions.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act takes effect   on the effective date of this Act and applies 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, 2017.