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By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) |
H.B. No. 4032 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017; |
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May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to annual limitations on the reimbursement of expenses |
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incurred by district court reporters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.055, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) The expenses reimbursed under this section are subject |
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to annual limitations based on the size of the judicial district. |
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Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), a [A] court reporter may not |
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receive more than the maximum reimbursement amount set for the |
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reporter's judicial district in any one year. The maximum |
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reimbursement amount is as follows: |
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(1) if the judicial district contains two counties, |
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the maximum reimbursement amount is $400; |
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(2) if the judicial district contains three counties, |
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the maximum reimbursement amount is $800; |
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(3) if the judicial district contains four counties, |
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the maximum reimbursement amount is $1,400; and |
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(4) if the judicial district contains five or more |
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counties, the maximum reimbursement amount is $2,000. |
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(d-1) For expenses that exceed the annual maximum |
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reimbursement amount set for a court reporter's judicial district |
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under Subsection (d), the reporter may receive reimbursement from |
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the county for which the expenses were incurred on approval of the |
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commissioners court of the 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 before the effective date of this |
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Act are governed by the law in effect on the date the expenses were |
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incurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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