H.B. No. 4032         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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4032 was passed by the House on May 6,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4032 was passed by the Senate on May   18, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor