TITLE: Relating to reimbursement for jury service.

SUMMARY: Relating to reimbursement for jury service.

FULL TEXT:
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 $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 the amount provided as reimbursement under Section 61.0015(a) [$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 in the appropriate amount as provided in the General Appropriations Act [$34 a day] for the reimbursement paid under Section 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, 2013.