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Texas Payroll/Personnel Resource

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Agency-Specific Provisions
Supplemental Pay for Certain Judges

Background

The General Appropriations Act (GAA) provides authority and funding for the Comptroller’s Judiciary Section (Agency 241) to pay a supplemental amount to certain district judges who serve as a local administrative judge in a county with more than five district courts.

Limitations

The district judges who qualify may receive a supplement of not more than $5,000 above the salary to which the judge would otherwise be entitled.

Sources

General Appropriations Act, Article IV, Judiciary Section, Comptroller’s Department Rider 2; Texas Government Code, Section 659.012.