Tex. Gov't Code § 54.973 · Subchapter Q. CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATES IN TRAVIS COUNTY
COMPENSATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A magistrate is entitled to the salary determined by the Commissioners Court of Travis County.
(b) The salary may not be less than the salary authorized to be paid to a master for family law cases appointed under Subchapter A, Chapter 201, Family Code, unless a lesser salary is recommended by the judges described by Section 54.971 and approved by the commissioners court.
(c) The magistrate's salary is paid from the county fund available for payment of officers' salaries.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 849, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 861, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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