89R1125 JTZ-D     By: Schofield, Leach, Hayes, H.B. No. 2322       González of Dallas, Vasut       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the annual base salary from the state of a district   judge.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 659.012, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-2) and (b-3) to   read as follows:          (a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.011 and subject to   Subsections (b), [and] (b-1), and (b-2):                (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 $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 $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   $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   $2,500 less than the base salary for a justice of the supreme court   as determined under this subsection.          (b-2)  The annual base salary from the state to which a judge   of a district court or a division of the business court is entitled   under Subsection (a)(1) for each year of a state fiscal biennium is   the amount equal to the sum of:                 (1)  the annual base salary from the state under   Subsection (a)(1) paid to a judge of a district court or a division   of the business court under that subdivision in the preceding state   fiscal biennium; and                (2)  subject to Subsection (b-3), the annual base   salary described by Subdivision (1) multiplied by the average   percentage change during the preceding state fiscal biennium in the   Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the   United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or,   if that index is discontinued or superseded, a similar index the   comptroller selects or uses for calculation.          (b-3)  For purposes of Subsection (b-2)(2), if the average   percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban   Consumers published by the United States Department of Labor,   Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, if that index is discontinued or   superseded, a similar index the comptroller selects or uses for   calculation, during the period prescribed by that subdivision   equals zero or less, the percentage change is calculated as zero.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies   beginning with the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1,   2027.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.