1. (a) Each prospective juror reporting for jury service shall be personally provided a form letter that when signed by the prospective juror directs the county treasurer to donate all of the prospective juror's reimbursement for jury service to:

   1. (1) the compensation to victims of crime fund under Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure;
   2. (2) the child welfare board of the county appointed under Section 264.005, Family Code;
   3. (3) any program selected by the commissioners court that is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization and that provides shelter and services to victims of family violence; or
   4. (4) any other program approved by the commissioners court of the county.
2. (b) The county treasurer or a designated county employee shall collect each form letter directing the county treasurer to donate a prospective juror's reimbursement for jury service.

3. (c) The county treasurer shall:

   1. (1) send all donations made under Subsection (a)(1) to the comptroller, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the attorney general, for deposit to the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund;
   2. (2) deposit donations made to the county child welfare board under Subsection (a)(2) in a fund established by the county to be used by the child welfare board in a manner authorized by the commissioners court of the county; and
   3. (3) send all donations made under Subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4) directly to the program specified on the form letter signed by the prospective juror.
4. (d) Notwithstanding this section, a juror reimbursement donation program established before January 1, 1995, may solicit juror donations and provide all funds collected in the name of that program to the charities served by that program on January 1, 1995.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 329, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 875, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1313, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 8.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 11.001, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 565 (S.B. 456), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 874 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.