By: Phillips H.B. No. 4032       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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(d), Government Code, is amended   as follows:          (d)  The expenses reimbursed under this section are subject   to annual limitations based on the size of the judicial district.  A   court reporter may not receive more than the maximum reimbursement   amount set for the reporter's judicial district in any one year upon   approval of the additional reimbursement by the commissioners court   of the respective county for which the expenses were incurred.  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..          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 by a court reporter 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.