SUBCHAPTER E. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES

Sec. 52.051.  COMPENSATION OF DISTRICT COURT REPORTERS.  (a)  An official district court reporter shall be paid a salary set by the order of the judge of the court.  This salary is in addition to transcript fees, fees for a statement of facts, and other necessary expenses authorized by law.
(b)  The salary set by the judge may not be lower than the salary that official court reporter received on January 1, 1972.
(c)  An order increasing the salary of an official district court reporter must be submitted to the commissioners court of each county in the judicial district not later than September 1 immediately before the adoption of the county budget for the next year.  A commissioners court may allow an extension of this time limit.
(d)  The official district court reporter may not receive:
(1)  a salary that is more than 10 percent greater than the salary received during the preceding budget year without the approval of the commissioners court of each county in the judicial district if the court reporter serves in a county with a population of less than 1 million;  or
(2)  a percentage increase in salary in a fiscal year that is greater than the average percentage increase in compensation in that fiscal year to all other employees of the county in which the reporter serves if the court reporter serves in a county with a population of 1 million or more.
(e)  A person appointed to succeed an official district court reporter may not receive a salary greater than the salary received by the person's predecessor in office.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 188, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.