1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to certain juror donations.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Sections 61.003(a) and (b), Government Code, are

 1-5     amended to read as follows:

 1-6           (a)  Each [A person responsible under Section 62.013 or

 1-7     62.014 for summoning prospective jurors to appear for jury service

 1-8     shall provide to each] prospective juror reporting for jury service

 1-9     shall be provided a form letter that when signed by the prospective

1-10     juror directs the county treasurer to donate all [or part] of the

1-11     prospective juror's reimbursement for jury service to:

1-12                 (1)  the compensation to victims of crime fund under

1-13     Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure;

1-14                 (2)  the child welfare service fund under Chapter 264,

1-15     Family Code;

1-16                 (3)  any program selected by the commissioners court

1-17     that is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization and

1-18     that provides shelter and services to victims of family violence;

1-19     or

1-20                 (4)  any other program approved by the commissioners

1-21     court of the county.

1-22           (b)  The county treasurer shall:

1-23                 (1)  send all donations made under Subsection (a)(1)

1-24     [this section] to the comptroller [state treasurer], at the time

 2-1     and in the manner prescribed by the attorney general, for deposit

 2-2     to the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund;

 2-3                 (2)  send all donations made under Subsection (a)(2) to

 2-4     the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the child welfare

 2-5     service fund in the state treasury; and

 2-6                 (3)  send all donations made under Subsection (a)(3) or

 2-7     (a)(4) directly to the program specified on the form letter signed

 2-8     by the prospective juror.

 2-9           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and

2-10     applies only to a person responding to a summons issued on or after

2-11     that date.

2-12           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-13     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-14     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-15     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-16     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

         _______________________________     _______________________________

             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1886 was passed by the House on May

         2, 1997, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in

         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1886 on May 24, 1997, by a non-record

         vote.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1886 was passed by the Senate, with

         amendments, on May 22, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor