TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH

SUBTITLE E. JURIES

CHAPTER 61. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 61.001.  REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES OF JURORS AND PROSPECTIVE JURORS.  (a)  
Except as provided by Subsection (c), 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 $40 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.
(b)  In preparing and approving the annual budget for a county, the commissioners court of
the county shall determine the daily amount of reimbursement for expenses for a person who
reports for jury service and discharges the person's duty.  The amount of reimbursement for
each day must be within the minimum and maximum amounts prescribed by this section
and paid out of the jury fund of the county.  The commissioners court may set different daily
amounts of reimbursement for:
(1)  grand and petit jurors; or
(2)  different petit jurors based on:
(A)  whether a juror serves in a small claims court, justice court, constitutional county court,
county court at law, or district court; or
(B)  any other reasonable criteria determined by the commissioners court.
(c)  A person who reports for jury service in a municipal court is not entitled to
reimbursement under this chapter, but the municipality may provide reimbursement for
expenses to the person in an amount to be determined by the municipality.
(d)  In a specific case, the presiding judge, with the agreement of the parties involved or their
attorneys, may increase the daily amount of reimbursement for a person who reports for jury
service in that case.  The difference between the usual daily amount of reimbursement and
the daily amount of reimbursement for a person who reports for jury service in a specific case
shall be paid, in equal amounts, by the parties involved in the case.
(e)  A check drawn on the jury fund by the district clerk of the county may be transferred by
endorsement and delivery and is receivable at par from the holder for all county taxes.
(f)  A reimbursement for expenses under this section is not a property right of a person who
reports for jury service for purposes of Chapters 72 and 74, Property Code.  If a check or other
instrument representing a reimbursement under this section is not presented for payment or
redeemed before the 90th day after it is issued:
(1)  the instrument is considered forfeited and is void; and
(2)  the money represented by the instrument may be placed in the county's jury fund, the
county's general fund, or any other fund in which county funds can be legally placed, at the
discretion of the commissioners court.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148,
Sec. 2.79(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 64, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1997,
75th Leg., ch. 758, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1119, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1136, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1360, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2006.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1378, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.


Sec. 61.0011.  DEFINITION OF PERSON WHO REPORTS FOR JURY SERVICE.  In this chapter,
the term "person who reports for jury service" means a person who reports in person for duty
on a grand jury or a petit jury, regardless of whether the person is selected to serve on the jury.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1378, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.


Sec. 61.0015.  REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTY.  (a)  The state shall reimburse a county $34 a
day 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.
(b)  The commissioners court of a county entitled to reimbursement under this section may
file a claim for reimbursement with the comptroller.
(c)  The comptroller shall pay claims for reimbursement under this section quarterly to the
county treasury of each county that filed a claim from money collected under Article
102.0045, Code of Criminal Procedure, and deposited in the jury service fund.
(d)  If sufficient money described by Subsection (c) is not available to satisfy the claims for
reimbursement filed by the counties under this section, the comptroller shall apportion the
available money among the counties by reducing the amount payable to each county on an
equal percentage basis.
(e)  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 shall:
(1)  pay the balance owed to the county when sufficient money described by Subsection (c) is
available; or
(2)  carry forward the balance owed to the county and pay the balance to the county when the
next payment is required.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1360, Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1378, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.


Sec. 61.002.  LIABILITY OF COUNTIES FOR PAYMENT OF JURY SERVICE.  (a)  If a civil case is
moved by change of venue and tried in another county by a jury, the county in which the case
was originally filed is liable for the payment of persons who report for jury service for the case.
(b)  The commissioners court shall determine at each regular meeting if a civil case was tried
by a jury in the county on a change of venue from another county since its last regular
meeting.
(c)  The commissioners court shall prepare an account against another county that is liable
for the payment of persons who report for jury service in a case transferred on a change of
venue.  The account must show the number of days that each person who reported for jury
service was in attendance in court in response to the process and discharged the person's duty
and the amount paid as reimbursement under this chapter in the case.
(d)  The county judge of the county in which the case was tried shall certify the correctness of
the account and forward it for payment from the jury fund of the county in which the case was
originally filed.
(e)  This section does not apply to a civil case transferred by an order of the court based on a
motion objecting to improper venue in the case under Rule 86, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
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