Sec. 75.109. COMPENSATION OF SENIOR JUDGES    


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  • (a) The compensation, salary, and expenses of a senior district court judge shall be paid in accordance with the laws of this state out of funds appropriated from the general revenue fund of Dallas County. Except as provided by Subsection (b), the compensation, salary, and expenses of a senior district court judge shall be in an amount equal to the highest compensation, salary, and expenses paid to any regular district court judge in the state, whether paid from county or state funds, or both, but funds paid from the general revenue fund of the county must have commissioners court approval.

    (b) A senior district court judge appointed under this subchapter who is a retiree of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two, or the Texas County and District Retirement System is entitled to compensation, salary, and expenses from the general revenue fund of Dallas County in an amount equal to the amount computed under Subsection (a) less the amount of any annuity the judge receives during the same period from either or both of the retirement systems.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.96(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.