By Solis H.B. No. 2156
75R6582 MWV-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to counties contracting for the combination of lists for a
1-3 jury pool.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 62.001(i), Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (i) The [In a county with a population of less than 105,000
1-8 in which the municipality with the largest population is located in
1-9 more than one county, the] commissioners court may, instead of
1-10 using the method provided by Subsections (c) through (h), contract
1-11 with another governmental unit or a private person to combine the
1-12 voter registration list with the list furnished by the Department
1-13 of Public Safety. Subsections (c) through (h) do not apply to a
1-14 county in which the commissioners court has contracted with another
1-15 governmental unit or a private person under this subsection. The
1-16 Department of Public Safety may not charge a fee for furnishing a
1-17 list under this subsection. Each list must contain the name and
1-18 address of each person listed. If practical, each list must
1-19 contain the age and citizenship of each person and any other
1-20 information useful in determining if the person is qualified to
1-21 serve as a juror.
1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.