89R13471 JTZ-F     By: Vasut H.B. No. 4080       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the compensation of a district judge and the associated   retirement benefits of certain other elected state officials.          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 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 $182,000 [$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.          SECTION 2.  Sections 814.103(a) and (a-1), Government Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) or (b), the   standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the   elected class of membership is an amount equal to the number of   years of service credit in that class, times 2.3 percent of $140,000   [the state base salary, excluding longevity pay payable under   Section 659.0445 and as adjusted from time to time, being paid to a   district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act in   accordance with Section 659.012(a)].          (a-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the standard   service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected   class of membership for a member of the class under Section   812.002(a)(3) whose effective date of retirement is on or after   September 1, 2019, is an amount equal to the number of years of   service credit in that class, times 2.3 percent of the state salary,   excluding longevity pay payable under Section 659.0445 [and as   adjusted from time to time], being paid in accordance with Section   659.012 to a district judge who has the same number of years of   contributing service credit as the member on the member's last day   of service as a district or criminal district attorney, as   applicable.          SECTION 3.  Section 834.102(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The base service retirement annuity for a person whose   effective date of retirement is:                (1)  before September 1, 2019, is an amount equal to 50   percent of the state base salary[, as adjusted from time to time,]   being paid in accordance with Section 659.012(a) to a judge of a   court of the same classification as the court on which the retiree   last served before retirement; or                (2)  on or after September 1, 2019, is an amount equal   to 50 percent of the state salary[, as adjusted from time to time,]   being paid in accordance with Section 659.012(b)(2) to a judge of a   court of the same classification as the court on which the retiree   last served before retirement.          SECTION 4.  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 $165,000   for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2025, and ending   August 31, 2026, and that amount is the annual base salary to be   used for the purpose of calculating any other judicial salaries by   reference to that section for the state fiscal year beginning   September 1, 2025, and ending August 31, 2026.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.