88R8016 JTZ-F     By: Hughes S.B. No. 802       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the annual base salary of a district judge.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 659.012(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.011 and subject to   Subsections (b) and (b-1):                (1)  a judge of a district 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 $172,494   [$140,000], except that the combined base salary of a district   judge 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 $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)  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 $5,000 less   than the base salary for a justice of the supreme court as   determined under this subsection;                (3)  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                (4)  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   $2,500 less than the base salary for a justice of the supreme court   as determined under this subsection.          SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Section 659.012(a), Government   Code, as amended by this Act, a judge of a district 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 $155,400   for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023, and ending   August 31, 2024, and that amount is the annual base salary to be   used for purpose of calculating any other judicial salaries by   reference to that section for the state fiscal year beginning   September 1, 2023, and ending August 31, 2024.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.