By: Leach H.B. No. 2014
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 $20 [$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 $58 [$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:
(1) $14 for the reimbursement paid under Section
61.001(a)(1) to a person who reports for jury service in response to
the process of a court for the first day or fraction of the first day
the person is in attendance in court in response to the process; and
(2) $52 [$34] a day for the reimbursement paid under
Section 61.001(a)(2) [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, 2023.