| 1 | 1 | | 88R9747 TSS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 900 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the reimbursement of certain expenses of appellate |
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| 8 | 8 | | court justices and judges. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 22.3015 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 22.3015. EXPENSES OF APPELLATE COURT JUDGE OR JUSTICE. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal |
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| 14 | 14 | | appeals, or a justice of a court of appeals engaged in the discharge |
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| 15 | 15 | | of official duties in a county other than the justice's or judge's |
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| 16 | 16 | | county of residence is entitled to traveling and other necessary |
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| 17 | 17 | | expenses, as provided by Chapter 660. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of |
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| 19 | 19 | | criminal appeals, or a justice of a court of appeals is entitled to |
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| 20 | 20 | | receive from the state the actual and necessary postage, telegraph, |
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| 21 | 21 | | and telephone expenses incurred in the discharge of official |
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| 22 | 22 | | duties. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The expenses shall be paid by the state on a sworn |
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| 24 | 24 | | itemized account showing the expenses. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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