Bill Text: TX HB2014 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to reimbursement for jury service.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Jurisprudence [HB2014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2014-Engrossed.html
By: Leach | H.B. No. 2014 |
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relating to reimbursement for jury service. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.001(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who | ||
reports for jury service in response to the process of a court is | ||
entitled to receive as reimbursement for travel and other expenses | ||
an amount: | ||
(1) not less than $20 [ |
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fraction of the first day the person is in attendance in court in | ||
response to the process and discharges the person's duty for that | ||
day; and | ||
(2) not less than $58 [ |
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each day the person is in attendance in court in response to the | ||
process after the first day and discharges the person's duty for | ||
that day. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.0015(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The state shall reimburse a county: | ||
(1) $14 for the reimbursement paid under Section | ||
61.001(a)(1) to a person who reports for jury service in response to | ||
the process of a court for the first day or fraction of the first day | ||
the person is in attendance in court in response to the process; and | ||
(2) $52 [ |
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Section 61.001(a)(2) [ |
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service in response to the process of a court for each day or | ||
fraction of each day after the first day in attendance in court in | ||
response to the process. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |