By: Goolsby H.B. No. 65 73R967 RJA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to an exemption from jury service for primary caretakers 1-3 of a person with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 62.106, Government Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 62.106. Exemption From Jury Service. A person 1-8 qualified to serve as a petit juror may establish an exemption from 1-9 jury service if he: 1-10 (1) is over 65 years of age; 1-11 (2) has legal custody of a child or children younger 1-12 than 10 years of age and his service on the jury requires leaving 1-13 the child or children without adequate supervision; 1-14 (3) is a student of a public or private secondary 1-15 school; 1-16 (4) is a person enrolled and in actual attendance at 1-17 an institution of higher education; 1-18 (5) is an officer or an employee of the senate, the 1-19 house of representatives, or any department, commission, board, 1-20 office, or other agency in the legislative branch of state 1-21 government; 1-22 (6) is summoned for service in a county with a 1-23 population of at least 200,000, unless that county uses a jury plan 1-24 under Section 62.011 and the period authorized under Section 2-1 62.011(b)(6) exceeds two years, and he has served as a petit juror 2-2 in the county during the 24-month period preceding the date he is 2-3 to appear for jury service; or 2-4 (7) is the primary caretaker of a person who: 2-5 (A) is an invalid unable to care for himself; or 2-6 (B) has Alzheimer's disease or a related 2-7 disorder. 2-8 SECTION 2. This Act applies to persons summoned to appear 2-9 for jury service on or after the effective date of this Act. 2-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-15 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-16 passage, and it is so enacted.