82R8595 CAE-D
By: Otto H.B. No. 3656
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reimbursement to a county for payment to a person who
reports 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 $6 for the first day or 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 the amount provided in the General
Appropriations Act [$40] for each day or fraction of 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. Sections 61.0015(a) and (e), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The state shall reimburse a county the appropriate
amount as provided in the General Appropriations Act [$34 a day] for
the reimbursement paid under Section 61.001 to a person who reports
for jury 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.
(e) If a payment on a county's claim for reimbursement is
reduced under Subsection (d), or if a county fails to file the claim
for reimbursement in a timely manner, the comptroller may, as
provided by rule, apportion the payment of the balance owed the
county. The comptroller's rules may permit a different rate of
reimbursement for each quarterly payment under Subsection (c)
[shall:
[(1) pay the balance owed to the county when
sufficient money described by Subsection (c) is available; or
[(2) carry forward the balance owed to the county and
pay the balance to the county when the next payment is required].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.