1-1 By: Kamel (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro) H.B. No. 86
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 11, 1993;
1-3 March 15, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; April 15, 1993, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 15, 1993, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Armbrister x
1-10 Leedom x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Madla x
1-14 Moncrief x
1-15 Patterson x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 Whitmire x
1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-21 AN ACT
1-22 relating to unclaimed juror reimbursement payments.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Section 61.001, Government Code, is amended by
1-25 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-26 (e) A reimbursement for expenses under this section is not a
1-27 property right of a juror or prospective juror for purposes of
1-28 Chapters 72 and 74, Property Code. If a check or other instrument
1-29 representing a reimbursement under this section is not presented
1-30 for payment or redeemed before the 90th day after it is issued:
1-31 (1) the instrument is considered forfeited and is
1-32 void; and
1-33 (2) the money represented by the instrument may be
1-34 placed in the county's jury fund, the county's general fund, or any
1-35 other fund in which county funds can be legally placed, at the
1-36 discretion of the commissioners court.
1-37 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-38 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-39 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-40 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-41 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-42 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-43 passage, and it is so enacted.
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1-45 Austin,
1-46 Texas
1-47 April 15, 1993
1-48 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-49 President of the Senate
1-50 Sir:
1-51 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
1-52 referred H.B. No. 86, have had the same under consideration, and I
1-53 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-54 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
1-55 Armbrister,
1-56 Chairman
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1-58 WITNESSES
1-59 FOR AGAINST ON
1-60 ___________________________________________________________________
1-61 Name: Susan Wendel x
1-62 Representing: Tx Assoc. of Counties
1-63 City: Austin
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1-65 Name: Carry Boethel x
1-66 Representing: Texas Association of
1-67 Counties
1-68 City: Austin
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2-2 Name: Billy Joe Plaster x
2-3 Representing: Judges & Commissioners
2-4 Assoc.
2-5 City: Alvin
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2-7 Name: William D. Power x
2-8 Representing: County Judges &
2-9 Commissioners
2-10 City: Marshall
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2-12 Name: Katy Caldwell x
2-13 Representing: County Treasurers Assoc.
2-14 City: Houston
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2-16 Name: Jim Allison x
2-17 Representing: County Judges &
2-18 Commissioners
2-19 City: Austin
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2-21 Name: Mickey West x
2-22 Representing: Texas Assn. of County
2-23 Auditors
2-24 City: Palo Pinto
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2-26 Name: Craig Pardue x
2-27 Representing: Dallas County
2-28 City: Dallas
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2-30 Name: Donald Lee x
2-31 Representing: Harris County Commissioners
2-32 City: Houston
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2-34 Name: Harry Wallingford x
2-35 Representing: County Treasurers Assoc.
2-36 City: Austin
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