By Jones of Dallas                                     H.B. No. 731
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to reimbursement for expenses incurred by jurors.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Sections 61.001(a) and (b), Government Code, are
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  Each grand juror or petit juror in a civil or criminal
 1-7     case in a district court, criminal district court, county court,
 1-8     county court at law, or justice court is entitled to receive as
 1-9     reimbursement for travel and other expenses an amount not less than
1-10     $12 [$6] nor more than $50 for each day or fraction of each day
1-11     served as a juror.
1-12           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person who
1-13     responds to the process of a court but is excused from petit jury
1-14     service by the court for any cause after the person's voir dire
1-15     examination is entitled to receive as reimbursement for travel and
1-16     other expenses an amount not less than $12 [$6] nor more than $50
1-17     for each day or fraction of each day in attendance in court in
1-18     response to the process.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-20     applies only to a person serving on a jury under a summons issued
1-21     on or after that date or responding to a jury summons issued on or
1-22     after that date.