TITLE: Relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys.

SUMMARY: Relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to authorization for biweekly installment payments for the compensation of certain justices, judges, and district attorneys. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.0005(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The salary shall be paid in:(1) equal monthly installments;or (2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the commissioners court.SECTION 2. Section 31.004, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 31.004. EQUAL [MONTHLY] INSTALLMENTS. The compensation authorized by this chapter shall be paid in:(1) equal monthly installments;or (2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the commissioners courts in the counties of the court of appeals district.SECTION 3. Section 32.001(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The compensation shall be paid [in monthly installments] from the county general fund or other available funds of the county in: (1) monthly installments; or (2) biweekly installments if authorized by the commissioners court.SECTION 4. Section 43.180(e), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall pay the district attorney a salary of not less than $35,000 a year. The county salary shall be paid in equal biweekly [monthly] installments. SECTION 5. Section 152.904(e), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall set the annual salary of the county judge at an amount that is not less than $1,000 more than the total annual salary received by county criminal court at law judges in the county. The salary shall be paid in [12] equal biweekly [monthly] installments. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.