87R9287 ANG-F
By: A. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 2375
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to meals provided to jurors during deliberation of a civil
case in certain district courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.202(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The district judge may draw a warrant on the jury fund or
other appropriate fund of the county in which the civil case is
tried to cover the cost of buying and transporting the meals to the
jury room. The judge may spend a reasonable amount [Not more than
$3] per meal [may be spent] for a juror serving on a jury in a civil
case.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.