1-1  By:  Nelson                                            S.B. No. 204
    1-2        (In the Senate - Filed January 12, 1995; January 18, 1995,
    1-3  read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
    1-4  February 28, 1995, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
    1-5  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 1; February 28, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-6  COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                            By:  Henderson
    1-7  Amend S.B. No. 204 in Section 62.106, Government Code, (Introduced
    1-8  version page 2, line 7; Committee printing page 1, line 42)
    1-9  Subdivision (8) by striking "an employee" and substituting "a peace
   1-10  officer"
   1-11                         A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
   1-12                                AN ACT
   1-13  relating to exemption from jury service for employees of certain
   1-14  law enforcement agencies.
   1-15        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
   1-16        SECTION 1.  Section 62.106, Government Code, is amended to
   1-17  read as follows:
   1-18        Sec. 62.106.  EXEMPTION FROM JURY SERVICE.  A person
   1-19  qualified to serve as a petit juror may establish an exemption from
   1-20  jury service if the person <he>:
   1-21              (1)  is over 65 years of age;
   1-22              (2)  has legal custody of a child or children younger
   1-23  than 10 years of age and the person's <his> service on the jury
   1-24  requires leaving the child or children without adequate
   1-25  supervision;
   1-26              (3)  is a student of a public or private secondary
   1-27  school;
   1-28              (4)  is <a person> enrolled and in actual attendance at
   1-29  an institution of higher education;
   1-30              (5)  is an officer or an employee of the senate, the
   1-31  house of representatives, or any department, commission, board,
   1-32  office, or other agency in the legislative branch of state
   1-33  government;
   1-34              (6)  is summoned for service in a county with a
   1-35  population of at least 200,000, unless that county uses a jury plan
   1-36  under Section 62.011 and the period authorized under Section
   1-37  62.011(b)(6) exceeds two years, and the person <he> has served as a
   1-38  petit juror in the county during the 24-month period preceding the
   1-39  date he is to appear for jury service; <or>
   1-40              (7)  is the primary caretaker of a person who is an
   1-41  invalid unable to care for himself; or
   1-42              (8)  is an employee of a law enforcement agency of:
   1-43                    (A)  this state;
   1-44                    (B)  a political subdivision of this state; or
   1-45                    (C)  the federal government.
   1-46        SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-47        (b)  The changes in the law made by this Act apply only to
   1-48  persons summoned to appear for jury service on or after the
   1-49  effective date of this Act.
   1-50        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-51  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-52  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-53  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-54  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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