By: Phillips H.B. No. 4032
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annual limitations on the reimbursement of expenses
incurred by district court reporters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.055(d), Government Code, is amended
as follows:
(d) The expenses reimbursed under this section are subject
to annual limitations based on the size of the judicial district. A
court reporter may not receive more than the maximum reimbursement
amount set for the reporter's judicial district in any one year upon
approval of the additional reimbursement by the commissioners court
of the respective county for which the expenses were incurred. The
maximum reimbursement amount is as follows:
(1) if the judicial district contains two counties, the
maximum reimbursement amount is $400;
(2) if the judicial district contains three counties, the
maximum reimbursement amount is $800;
(3) if the judicial district contains four counties, the
maximum reimbursement amount is $1,400; and
(4) if the judicial district contains five or more counties,
the maximum reimbursement amount is $2,000..
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, 2017.