Texas Government Code

§ 46.003 — COMPENSATION OF STATE PROSECUTORS

GV § 46.003Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part C. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS · Ch. 46. PROFESSIONAL PROSECUTORS

Statute text

(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). (a-1) For purposes of this section, the years of service of the state prosecuting attorney or a state prosecutor include any years of service as:

(1)a county attorney; or

(2)an appellate court justice, district judge, judge of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court.

(b)A commissioners court may supplement the state prosecutor's state salary but may not pay the state prosecutor an amount less than the compensation it pays its highest paid district judge.

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 150 (S.B. 497), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1121 (H.B. 2384), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 6.003, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 971 (S.B. 2310), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.