GOVERNMENT CODE 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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