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COUNTY CLERK KERB COUNTY
700 MAIN ST., RM. 122
KERRVILLE, TEXAS 78028-5389
Tel. 1834 792-2255
Fax (830x92-2274
DATE: August 25, 1997
TO: Hon. Bob Denson
FRON,: Patricia Dye ~~ ~y i~~%f C i~--~ ~ ~ ~
SUBJECT- Another fee for you and County
Attorney for Mental Health Hearings
I do not have a copy of H.B. 591, Effective 9-1-1997.
I may get one in Austin this week. But we may have to
amend our list of fees that have already been mailed
out to the county judges that contract with us.
You can decide if you want to go up or not.
I also understand I am going to have to send list every
month of the applications for commitments, etc. in H.B.
1039.
Hopefully, I will have more information when I return
from Austin late Friday.
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`	FY1998	F l 9
Chief Justice, Supreme Court	$110,000	$115,000
Tres;ding Judge, Ct. of Crim. App.	$1 10,000	$115,000
Justices, Supreme C'ouri	$109,000	$l 13,000
Judges, Ct. Crim. App.	$109,000	$113,000
Chief Justices, Cts of Appeals	$104,050	$]07,850
Justices, Courts of Appeals	$103,550	$107,350
Judges, District Courts	$ 98,100	$101,700
Visiting Judges to District Ct.	$ 85,217	$ 86,445
H.B. 1 -Effective 9-1-97
State Salaries
Amendments to § 659.012 and a new § 26.006, Gov. Code,
entitle state judges to certain minimum salaries; entitle a
local administrative district judge, in any county with more
than six district courts, an additional state salary of $5,000;
entitle a county judge an annual state salary of $5,000 if at
least 40 percent of the functions that the judge performs are
judicial functions, as evidenced by an affidavit filed by the
judge with the Office of Court Administration; and
amendments to § 74.061, Gov. Code, provide that a retired
or former judge assigned to a district court will receive a pro
rata salary of $85,217 from the state plus the supplement
paid by the county to the regular judge of the court to which
assigned.
S.B. 310 -Effective 9-1-97
State Salary for Local Administrative District Judges
An amendment to § 659.012, Gov. Code, entitles a local
administrative district judge, in a county with more than
five district courts, a $5,000 state salary.
H.B. 2697 -Effective 9-1-97
Salaries of Statutory County Court Judges
An amendment to § 25.0005(e), Gov. Code, allows the
commissioners courts of counties in which judges made less
than $21,000 less than a district judge in their county as of
May 1,1991, to increase the salary of those judges without
losing funding reimbursement from state court costs.
H.B. 1040 -Effective 9-1-97
Compensation for Mental Commitment Hearings
Amendments to §574.031, Health and Safety Code, permit
a judge who holds a mental health commitment hearing at
a location other than the county courthouse, to assess, for
the judge's services, a fee not to exceed $50 and a fee not to
exceed $SO for the prosecutor's services, to be paid by the
county responsible for the hearing; require the judge to
furnish the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts or
the presiding judge of the administrative region, an
accounting of the expenses for certification; and require the
presiding judge to provide a certification of expenses to the
county judge responsible for payment of the costs.
H.B. 591 -Effective 9-1-97
Eligibility for State Retirement
Amendments to various sections of the Government and
Insurance Codes provide eligibility for retirement under
Plans 1 and II at age 65 with 10 years service credit if
currently holding office (eliminates requirement of
continuous service for one year), at 65 with 12 years of
servicesf not currently holding office, and at any age with
20 years of service (eliminates requirement of continuous
service for 10 years).
S.B. 1102 -Effective 9-1-97
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Forum non Conveniens
An amendment to § 71.051 and a new § 71.052, Civ. Prac.
& Rem. Code, delete the exemptions from the forum non
conveniens doctrine, claims based on any violation of
federal law and claims related to air transportation, railroad
companies, and asbestos, and require all defendants to
unanimously consent to the jurisdiction of the alternate
forum and waive all statutes of limitations defenses.
S.B. 220 -Effective 5-29-97
Health Care Claims
A new Ch. 88, Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code, requires health
benefit plans and managed care entities to exercise ordinary
care when making health care treatment decisions, and
holds those entities liable for damages for harm to an
insured or enrollee proximately caused by the health care
entity's failure to exercise ordinary care.
S.B. 386 -Effective 9-1-97
Venue Against Political Subdivision
A new § 15.0151, Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code, requires that an
action against a political subdivision, located in a county
with less than 100,000 population, be brought in the county
in which the political subdivision is located.
H.B. 785 -Effective 9-1-97
Name and Address with Pleadings
A new § 30.015, Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code, requires that a
party's name and current address be provided to a court in
writing at the time the party files its initial pleading and at
any time an address changes, and provides a $50 fine for
failure to do so.
H.B. 2261 -Effective 9-1-97
Equity Lending
An amendment to Section 50, Article XVI, Texas
Constitution, permits an encumbrance against homestead
property for certain extensions of equity credit, and
requires the Supreme Court to promulgate rules of civil
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Order No. 24182
Approval of Additional Fees
for Mental Health Hearings
Septeber 8, 1997
Vol V Page 375