LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 4, 1997 TO: Honorable Ron E. Lewis, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1504, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Committee on County Affairs By: Dutton House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1504 ( Relating to the reimbursement of jurors.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1504-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted 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 ,TL