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Judges press county for maximum supplement after state raises district judge base pay
Summary
Judicial officers told commissioners the state’s one-time increase to the district judge base salary will not raise local judges’ pay unless the county increases supplements; judges urged the court to adopt the statutory maximum county supplement to prevent El Paso from remaining among the lowest-paid jurisdictions in Texas.
Judicial officers addressed the El Paso County Commissioners Court Thursday during a budget hearing and urged the court to adopt the largest county supplement allowed under recent state law changes after the Texas Legislature increased the state-funded base salary for district court judges.
Valeria Fernandez of the county’s Human Resources Office summarized the legislative change (Senate Bill 293) that raises the state-funded tier-one base salary for district court judges from $140,000 to $175,100, effective Sept. 1, 2025. Fernandez explained the law’s downstream effect: county-funded judges whose pay is benchmarked to district judges (county court-at-law judges, probate judges, associate judges) also face increased local costs unless the county modifies its supplement levels.
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