85R12618 DMS-D     By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 1246       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the salary of a bailiff in El Paso County.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 53.0091(a), (b), and (d), Government   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  Each bailiff appointed under Section 53.002(c) shall be   paid an annual salary out of the general fund of El Paso County,   unless another source of funding is approved by the commissioners   court.  The salary must be consistent with other comparable   positions in El Paso County as set by the commissioners court and   must be approved by a majority vote of the El Paso Council of   Judges. [The appointing judge shall set the salary in writing, but   except as otherwise provided by this section, the annual salary   shall be set at $18,000 on August 26, 1985, and thereafter the   $18,000 annual salary shall increase as provided by Subsection   (c).]          (b)  Bailiffs appointed under Section 53.002(c) who held   office as bailiffs under that section [Chapter 817, Acts of the 62nd   Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 2292l, Vernon's Texas   Civil Statutes), or under Chapter 532, Acts of the 67th   Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 2292o, Vernon's Texas   Civil Statutes),] on June 30, 2017 [August 25, 1985], are entitled   to receive at least the same annual salary or compensation under   this section as they received [under those Acts] on that date    [August 26, 1985].          (d)  A person appointed to succeed a bailiff who held office   as bailiff under Section 53.002(c) [Chapter 817, Acts of the 62nd   Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 2292l, Vernon's Texas   Civil Statutes), or under Chapter 532, Acts of the 67th   Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 2292o, Vernon's Texas   Civil Statutes),] is not entitled to be paid the same annual salary   paid to the bailiff the person [he] succeeds, but is entitled to   receive an annual salary as provided by Subsection (a) [the annual   salary as provided by this section so that the bailiffs' salaries   under this section will become uniform with the passage of time. A   person appointed to succeed any bailiff before October 1, 1986, is   entitled to the $18,000 annual salary set by Subsection (a). A   person appointed to succeed any bailiff on or after October 1, 1986,   is entitled to the $18,000 annual salary set by Subsection (a) or   the salary set on the date the bailiff is appointed for a Grade 20 of   the El Paso County Job Guide Designation for a new employee under   Grade 20, whichever is greater. A bailiff whose annual salary is   set on September 30, 1986, at $18,000 under this section is on   October 1, 1986, entitled to any salary increase provided for under   Subsection (c) or the salary set on October 1, 1986, for a Grade 20   of the El Paso County Job Guide Designation for a new employee under   Grade 20, whichever is greater. After October 1, 1986, all salary   increases for bailiffs shall be uniform as provided for in   Subsection (c). If a substantial number of those job titles or   positions listed on the effective date of this section under Grade   20 of the El Paso County Job Guide Designation are removed from   Grade 20 or the El Paso County Job Guide Designation is replaced   with some other system for setting employees' salaries under those   job titles or positions listed under Grade 20 of the El Paso County   Job Guide Designation, on the date a new bailiff is appointed, the   starting salary being paid at that time by El Paso County to the   functional equivalent of Grade 20 of the El Paso County Job Guide   Designation shall be used in place of Grade 20. In determining the   functional equivalent of Grade 20 under this section, the job   titles, positions, or their equivalent listed under Grade 20 on   August 26, 1985, shall be considered as the only factors].          SECTION 2.  Sections 53.0091(c) and (e), Government Code,   are repealed.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.