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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters |
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for the 506th Judicial District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.057, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) In lieu of the reimbursements authorized by Section |
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52.055, the official court reporters for the 506th Judicial |
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District shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary |
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expenses, including travel expenses, in an amount equal to the |
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amount of reimbursement that would be provided to a public servant |
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of the county in which the court is sitting at the time the court |
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reporter incurs the expenses if the public servant had incurred the |
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expenses. Each county in the district shall pay a portion of the |
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reimbursement authorized by this subsection in the proportion that |
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the county's population bears to the total population of the |
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district. For purposes of this subsection, "public servant" |
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includes an officer, employee, or agent of a county. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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expenses incurred by a court reporter on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. Expenses incurred by a court reporter before the |
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effective date of this Act are governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the expenses were incurred, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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