Gill-Massar v. Dallas County Ex Rel. Commissioners Court of Dallas County

OPINION

WHITTINGTON, Justice.

This declaratory judgment action concerns the validity of section 52.051 of the Government Code, 1 which provides that court reporters shall be paid a salary set by ⅛⅛ order of the judge of the court. The Dallas County Commissioners Court (Commissioners) assert that section 52.051 has been impliedly repealed by the later enacted section 152.011 of the Local Government Code, 2 which authorizes the Commissioners to set the amount of compensation for county employees paid wholly from county funds. Alternatively, the Commissioners assert that section 52.051 is…