(a) A magistrate is entitled to the salary determined by the Commissioners Court of Travis County.
(b) The salary may not be less than the salary authorized to be paid to a master for family law cases appointed under Subchapter A, Chapter 201, Family Code, unless a lesser salary is recommended by the judges described by Section 54.971 and approved by the commissioners court.
(c) The magistrate's salary is paid from the county fund available for payment of officers' salaries.