Texas Government Code

§ 46.0031 — COMPENSATION OF COUNTY PROSECUTORS

GV § 46.0031Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part C. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS · Ch. 46. PROFESSIONAL PROSECUTORS

Statute text

(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), each county that has a county prosecutor is entitled to receive from the state supplemental salary compensation to be paid by the county to the county prosecutor in an amount equal to the amount that is one-half of the benchmark salary divided by the total number of counties served by the state prosecutor, unless that formula would result in an amount less than one-sixth of the benchmark salary, in which case the county prosecutor is entitled to receive one-sixth of the benchmark salary. A county with no county prosecutor is not entitled to receive the salary supplement funds provided by this section.

(b)For a county with more than one state prosecutor who serves that county, the supplemental salary compensation for the county prosecutor is computed by:

(1)determining the amount of compensation as provided by Subsection (a) in relation to each state prosecutor as if that state prosecutor is the only state prosecutor who serves the county;

(2)adding the amounts of compensation determined under Subdivision (1); and

(3)setting the amount of compensation at the lesser of:

(A)the sum of those amounts; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1121 (H.B. 2384), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.