Jerseee ol' buddy ol' pal.....
You're a one in a million type of guy who helps out his fellow sovereigns whenever he can......myself included!
Time for me to return the favor. I noticed this little bit on page 6 of the 2006 Texas State Budget Report. (your info says yer living there) Those evil rat bastards are raising the amounts assessed to fines by $4.00 to pay for copper's and judge's raises!!! Can I get a little Tumey v Ohio here in da howse!!!! Here's a snapshot of that report and I've taken the liberty of including the URL. With the TS docs include a statement in your affidavit that you have in your possession and have read the report and state what it says....attach a copy to the affidavit. In your MtD, one of your motions will have the court take notice of Tumey v Ohio to DQ the judge.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/hrofr...highlights.pdf
Employee compensation and judicial pay raises
As of September 1, 2006, the state will employ
approximately 219,555 full-time employees with payroll
expenses, including benefits, of $4.2 billion in fiscal
2006-07. The fiscal 2006-07 budget includes a pay raise
for all state employees at a cost of more than $585 million
during the biennium. Beginning September 1, 2005,
all employees received a 4 percent pay increase with a
minimum increase of $100 per month. They also will
receive a 3 percent increase with a monthly minimum of
$50, beginning September 1, 2006. In addition, longevity
and hazardous duty pay increased for state employees.
Under the new system, longevity pay is set at the rate of
$20 per month for each two years, rather than each three
years, of service and hazardous duty pay at the rate of $10
per month for each year of service.
Peace officers. SB 1 also included a targeted pay
raise for peace officers at the Department of Public Safety,
Department of Criminal Justice, Parks and Wildlife
Department, and the Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
The raise is in the form of a stipend for certain skill
or certification levels, including $50 per month for an
associate’s degree, $100 per month for a bachelor’s
degree, and $150 per month for a master’s degree. Other
certifications and bilingual capabilities also could make
officers eligible for an additional stipend.
Judicial pay. HB 11 by Hartnett, second called
session, increases judges’ salaries and bases them on the
salary of a district judge, instead of a Supreme Court
justice. District court judges’ minimum annual state
salaries increased from $101,700 to $125,000. Appellate
court justices, other than chief justices, have minimum
annual state salaries of 110 percent of district judges,
meaning that their minimum salaries rose from $107,350
to $137,500. Supreme Court justices have minimum
annual state salaries of 120 percent of district ju
dges, meaning that their minimum state salaries rose from
$113,000 to $150,000. District judges and courts of appeal
justices can receive county supplements up to the caps in
HB 11.
To pay for these increases, HB 11 raises fees in civil
and criminal cases. A person convicted of any offense,
other than a pedestrian or parking offense, pays an
additional $4 in court costs. Sixty cents of this fee goes to
the general fund of the municipality or county to promote
the efficient operation of municipal courts and the
investigation, prosecution, and enforcement of municipal
and state offenses. The other $3.40 is deposited in the
state judicial fund. The bill also adds a $37 civil case filing
fee in district courts, statutory county courts, and county
courts, to be deposited in the judicial fund.
