Tex.
Gov't Code Section 41.255
Funding
(a)
The county shall pay a longevity pay supplement under this subchapter to the extent the county receives funds from the comptroller as provided by Subsection (d).(b)
The county may not reduce the salary of the assistant prosecutor to offset the longevity pay supplement.(c)
If an assistant prosecutor performs services for more than one county, the counties shall apportion the longevity pay supplement according to the ratio a county’s population bears to the total population of the counties in which the assistant prosecutor performs services.(d)
Not later than the 15th day after the start of each state fiscal quarter, the county shall certify to the comptroller the total amount of longevity pay supplement due to all assistant prosecutors in the county for the preceding state fiscal quarter. The comptroller shall issue a warrant to the county for the amount certified. The comptroller shall issue warrants to the counties not later than the 60th day after the first date of each state fiscal quarter.(e)
On the receipt of funds from the comptroller as provided by Subsection (d), the county shall pay longevity supplements to eligible assistant prosecutors in the next regularly scheduled salary payment or in a separate payment.(f)
A county is not required to pay longevity supplements if the county does not receive funds from the comptroller as provided by Subsection (d). If sufficient funds are not available to meet the requests made by counties for funds for payment of assistant prosecutors qualified for longevity supplements:(1)
the comptroller shall apportion the available funds to the eligible counties by reducing the amount payable to each county on an equal percentage basis;(2)
a county is not entitled to receive the balance of the funds at a later date; and(3)
the longevity pay program under this chapter is suspended to the extent of the insufficiency.(g)
Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4, Sec. 38.02, eff. September 28, 2011.
Source:
Section 41.255 — Funding, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.41.htm#41.255 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
