83R24890 KFF-F
By: Springer H.B. No. 2518
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 $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 as reimbursement
under Section 61.0015(a) [$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. Section 61.0015(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The state shall reimburse a county in 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].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.