Tex. Gov't Code § 54A.004 · Subchapter A. CRIMINAL ASSOCIATE JUDGES
COMPENSATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An associate judge shall be paid a salary determined by the commissioners court of the county in which the associate judge serves.
(b) If an associate judge serves in more than one county, the associate judge shall be paid a salary as determined by agreement of the commissioners courts of the counties in which the associate judge serves.
(c) The associate judge's salary is paid from the county fund available for payment of officers' salaries.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 6.01, eff. January 1, 2012.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.54A.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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