Texas Government Code

§ 54.1233 — COMPENSATION

GV § 54.1233Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS · Ch. 54. MASTERS; MAGISTRATES; REFEREES; ASSOCIATE JUDGES · Art. Y. MAGISTRATES IN COMAL COUNTY

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(a)A magistrate is entitled to the salary determined by the Commissioners Court of Comal County.

(b)A full-time magistrate's salary may not be less than that of a justice of the peace of Comal County as established by the annual budget of Comal County.

(c)A part-time magistrate's salary is equal to the per-hour salary of a justice of the peace. The per-hour salary is determined by dividing the annual salary by a 2000 work-hour year. The local administrative judge of the district courts serving Comal County shall approve the number of hours to be paid a part-time magistrate.

(d)The magistrate's salary is paid from the county fund available for payment of officers' salaries.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2003. Renumbered from Government Code, Section 54.1153 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(28), eff. September 1, 2005.