| Item Title: | Budget and Fiscal Policy - Juror Pay |
| Submitted By: | Wallace Hardgrove, Executive Director, Budget and Fiscal Policy Department (915) 546-2262 |
| Subject: | Pursuant to Government Code § 61.001 (b), set the juror pay at $6 for each day or fraction of a day while a person is in attendance in Court as a prospective juror but not selected and $40 for each day or fraction of a day if selected for jury duty and sworn in to sit on a jury panel during fiscal year 2019. |
| Background: | Prospective jurors are to retain their juror badge to be relinquished to the County parking attendant in order to receive free parking. Jurors selected will have their juror badges collected by the corresponding court bailiff and will be responsible for payment of their daily parking. As per Texas Local Government Code, Section 61.001 (b) during the preparing and approving of the annual budget the Commissioners Court shall determine the daily amount of reimbursement for a person who reports for jury service the person’s duty. El Paso County offers the minimum allowed as per the statute.
Excerpt of Government Code, Section 61.001 (b) is attached. |
| Fiscal Impact: | Annual Appropriation of $525,000 funded within the District Clerk's Office. |
| Recommendation: | The recommendation is for Commissioners Court to approve and authorize the suggested juror pay and free parking for jurors during fiscal year 2019 pursuant to Government Code § 61.001 (b). |
| Prior Action: | September 25, 2017 – Item #9 |
| Strategic Plan: | .. |
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