Tex. Government Code § 41.013
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§ 41.013. COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN PROSECUTORS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a district attorney or criminal district attorney is entitled to receive from the state:
(1) annual compensation in an amount equal to at least 80 percent of the state annual salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of service as the district attorney or criminal district attorney; and
(2) a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the district attorney's or criminal district attorney's years of service that would be paid to the district attorney or criminal district attorney under Section 659.0445 if the district attorney or criminal district attorney were a judge or justice described by Section 659.0445(a).
(b) For purposes of this section, the years of service of a district attorney or criminal district attorney include any years of service as:
(1) a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney; or
(2) an appellate court justice, district judge, judge of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court.
(1) annual compensation in an amount equal to at least 80 percent of the state annual salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 paid to a district judge with comparable years of service as the district attorney or criminal district attorney; and
(2) a monthly amount of longevity pay based on the district attorney's or criminal district attorney's years of service that would be paid to the district attorney or criminal district attorney under Section 659.0445 if the district attorney or criminal district attorney were a judge or justice described by Section 659.0445(a).
(b) For purposes of this section, the years of service of a district attorney or criminal district attorney include any years of service as:
(1) a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney; or
(2) an appellate court justice, district judge, judge of a statutory county court, judge of a multicounty statutory county court, or judge or justice of a statutory probate court.
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