S.B. No. 812
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters
  for the 506th Judicial District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 52.057, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  In lieu of the reimbursements authorized by Section
  52.055, the official court reporters for the 506th Judicial
  District shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary
  expenses, including travel expenses, in an amount equal to the
  amount of reimbursement that would be provided to a public servant
  of the county in which the court is sitting at the time the court
  reporter incurs the expenses if the public servant had incurred the
  expenses. Each county in the district shall pay a portion of the
  reimbursement authorized by this subsection in the proportion that
  the county's population bears to the total population of the
  district. For purposes of this subsection, "public servant"
  includes an officer, employee, or agent of a county.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to
  expenses incurred by a court reporter on or after the effective date
  of this Act. Expenses incurred by a court reporter before the
  effective date of this Act are governed by the law in effect on the
  date the expenses were incurred, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 812 passed the Senate on
  April 2, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 812 passed the House on
  May 26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor