BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 3168 By: Cuellar of Webb 3-21-95 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Due to an overload of work assignments, the advisory board of judges of Webb County have agreed to allow the county court at law judges to attend the meeting among the district court judges of said county to assist in the determination of the number of prospective jurors that are necessary for each week of the year. PURPOSE To include the county court at law judges in a meeting held by the district judges of Webb County relating to certain jury panels in said county and to allow the designation of a statutory county court judge as the judge to whom general jury panels report. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Section 25.2422 of the Government Code is amended by adding subsection (k). Subsec. (k) allows statutory county court judges to be included in weekly meetings of district judges to determine the necessary number of prospective jurors and to allow the designation of a county court-at-law judge to be the judge to whom the general jury panels report for jury service. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION Pursuant to a motion to suspend the five-day posting rule made on the House Floor on March 21, 1995, the Committee on Judicial Affairs met in a public hearing on March 21, 1995, to consider House Bill 3168. The Chair laid out H.B. 3168 and explained the bill. There were no witnesses. Rep. Solis moved to report House Bill 3168 favorably back to the full House, without amendment, with the recommendation that it do pass, be printed and sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote: 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 PNV and 2 absent.