By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2310     (Smith)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to longevity pay for certain prosecutors.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 41.013, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 41.013.  COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN PROSECUTORS.  Except   as otherwise provided by law, a district attorney or criminal   district attorney is entitled to receive from the state:                (1)  annual compensation in an amount equal to at least   80 percent of the state annual salary as set by the General   Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a   district judge with comparable years of service as the district   attorney or criminal district attorney; and                (2)  a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the   district attorney's or criminal district attorney's years of   service that would be paid to the district attorney or criminal   district attorney under Section 659.0445 if the district attorney   or criminal district attorney were a judge or justice described by   Section 659.0445(a).          SECTION 2.  Section 46.003(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The state prosecuting attorney and each state   prosecutor is entitled to receive from the state:                (1)  a salary in an amount equal to the state annual   salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with   Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of   service as the state prosecuting attorney or state prosecutor; and                (2)  a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the   state prosecuting attorney's or state prosecutor's years of service   that would be paid to the state prosecuting attorney or state   prosecutor under Section 659.0445 if the state prosecuting attorney   or state prosecutor were a judge or justice described by Section   659.0445(a).          SECTION 3.  Sections 41.013 and 46.003(a), Government Code,   as amended by this Act, apply beginning with the first pay period   that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.