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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to meals provided to jurors during deliberation of a civil |
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case in certain district courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.202(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The district judge may draw a warrant on the jury fund or |
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other appropriate fund of the county in which the civil case is |
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tried to cover the cost of buying and transporting the meals to the |
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jury room. The judge may spend a reasonable amount [Not more than |
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$3] per meal [may be spent] for a juror serving on a jury in a civil |
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case. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |