Amend Amendment No. 85 by Otto to CSSB 1811 (page 771, prefiled amendment packet), by striking the Article titled "FISCAL MATTERS REGARDING PAYMENT OF JURORS" (page 5, line 15 through page 6, line 18 of the amendment) and substituting the following:
ARTICLE ____. FISCAL MATTERS REGARDING PAYMENT OF JURORS.
SECTION ____.01. Section 61.001, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), and except as provided by Subsection (c), during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011, a person who reports for jury service in response to the process of a court is entitled to receive as reimbursement for travel and other expenses an amount:
(1) not less than $6 for the first day or fraction of the first day the person is in attendance in court in response to the process and discharges the person's duty for that day; and
(2) not less than the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act for each day or fraction of each day the person is in attendance in court in response to the process after the first day and discharges the person's duty for that day.
(a-2) This subsection and Subsection (a-1) expire September 1, 2013.
SECTION ____.02. Section 61.0015, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (e-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011, the state shall reimburse a county the appropriate amount as provided in the General Appropriations Act for the reimbursement paid under Section 61.001 to a person who reports for jury service in response to the process of a court for each day or fraction of each day after the first day in attendance in court in response to the process.
(a-2) This subsection and Subsections (a-1) and (e-1) expire September 1, 2013.
(e-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (e), during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011, if a payment on a county's claim for reimbursement is reduced under Subsection (d), or if a county fails to file the claim for reimbursement in a timely manner, the comptroller may, as provided by rule, apportion the payment of the balance owed the county. The comptroller's rules may permit a different rate of reimbursement for each quarterly payment under Subsection (c).