By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 4032
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
follows:
(d) The expenses reimbursed under this section are subject
to annual limitations based on the size of the judicial district.
Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), a [A] court reporter may not
receive more than the maximum reimbursement amount set for the
reporter's judicial district in any one year. 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.
(d-1) For expenses that exceed the annual maximum
reimbursement amount set for a court reporter's judicial district
under Subsection (d), the reporter may receive reimbursement from
the county for which the expenses were incurred on approval of the
commissioners court of the county.
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 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.
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