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            88R9747 TSS-D
         
		By: Hughes
            S.B. No. 900
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the reimbursement of certain expenses of appellate 
         
            court justices and judges.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Government Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 22.3015 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 22.3015.  EXPENSES OF APPELLATE COURT JUDGE OR JUSTICE.  
         
            (a)  A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal 
         
            appeals, or a justice of a court of appeals engaged in the discharge 
         
            of official duties in a county other than the justice's or judge's 
         
            county of residence is entitled to traveling and other necessary 
         
            expenses, as provided by Chapter 660.
         
                   (b)  A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of 
         
            criminal appeals, or a justice of a court of appeals is entitled to 
         
            receive from the state the actual and necessary postage, telegraph, 
         
            and telephone expenses incurred in the discharge of official 
         
            duties.
         
                   (c)  The expenses shall be paid by the state on a sworn 
         
            itemized account showing the expenses.
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the reimbursement of certain expenses of appellate
	court justices and judges.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 22.3015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.3015. EXPENSES OF APPELLATE COURT JUDGE OR JUSTICE.
	(a) A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal
	appeals, or a justice of a court of appeals engaged in the discharge
	of official duties in a county other than the justice's or judge's
	county of residence is entitled to traveling and other necessary
	expenses, as provided by Chapter 660.
	(b) A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of
	criminal appeals, or a justice of a court of appeals is entitled to
	receive from the state the actual and necessary postage, telegraph,
	and telephone expenses incurred in the discharge of official
	duties.
	(c) The expenses shall be paid by the state on a sworn
	itemized account showing the expenses.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.