LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 25, 1997 TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1504, As Engrossed Committee on Jurisprudence By: Dutton Senate Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1504 ( Relating to reimbursement of jurors.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1504-As Engrossed No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. This bill would raise the maximum daily reimbursement for grand jurors and petit jurors in district, county or justice courts from $30 per day to $50 per day. The bill also would allow a judge to increase the daily reimbursement for jurors in specific cases, with the agreement of the parties involved, to the $50 maximum. A commissioners court that raises juror reimbursements as a result of this bill would incur additional costs depending on the number of jurors serving in the county. Only counties currently paying jurors $30 per day would be expected to raise juror reimbursements as a result of this bill. Cost increases to local governments associated with allowing judges to raise juror reimbursement to $50 per day in specific cases is not expected to be significant, since a local government would only be responsible for paying juror costs at a rate higher than the current rate if the entity agreed to the increase. Source: Agencies: LBB Staff: JK ,BB ,TL