Bill Text: TX SB1035 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to meals provided to jurors during deliberation of a civil case in certain district courts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1035 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1035-Introduced.html
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By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1035 |
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relating to meals provided to jurors during deliberation of a civil | ||
case in certain district courts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 62.202(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The district judge may draw a warrant on the jury fund or | ||
other appropriate fund of the county in which the civil case is | ||
tried to cover the cost of buying and transporting the meals to the | ||
jury room. The judge may spend a reasonable amount [ |
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case. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |