By: Blanco H.B. No. 3996
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to donations of juror reimbursements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.003(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Each person who reports for jury service shall be
  personally provided a form letter that when signed by the person
  directs the county treasurer to donate all, or a specific amount
  designated by the person, of the person's daily reimbursement under
  this chapter to:
               (1)  the compensation to victims of crime fund under
  Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (2)  the child welfare, child protective services, or
  child services board of the county appointed under Section 264.005,
  Family Code, that serves abused and neglected children;
               (3)  any program selected by the commissioners court
  that is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization and
  that provides shelter and services to victims of family violence;
  or
 
               (4)  any other program approved by the commissioners
  court of the county, including a program established under Article
  56.04(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, that offers psychological
  counseling to jurors in criminal cases involving graphic evidence
  or testimony..; or
               (5)  the specialty court established by the
  commissioners court of the county under Chapter 124, Government
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.