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