By: Hughes (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1306
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2015;
May 14, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by court
reporters in judicial districts composed of more than one county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.055(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Travel expenses reimbursed under this section may not
exceed the reasonable mileage rate set by the commissioners court
of the respective county of the judicial district for which the
expenses were incurred [25 cents per mile] for the use of private
conveyances, traveling the shortest practical route.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to
expenses incurred by a court reporter on or after the effective date
of this Act. Expenses incurred by a court reporter before the
effective date of this Act are governed by the law in effect on the
date the expenses were incurred, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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