1-1 By: Solis (Senate Sponsor - Luna) H.B. No. 2156
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 21, 1997;
1-3 April 23, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 13, 1997, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to counties contracting for the combination of lists for a
1-9 jury pool.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 62.001(i), Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 (i) The [In a county with a population of less than 105,000
1-14 in which the municipality with the largest population is located in
1-15 more than one county, the] commissioners court may, instead of
1-16 using the method provided by Subsections (c) through (h), contract
1-17 with another governmental unit or a private person to combine the
1-18 voter registration list with the list furnished by the Department
1-19 of Public Safety. Subsections (c) through (h) do not apply to a
1-20 county in which the commissioners court has contracted with another
1-21 governmental unit or a private person under this subsection. The
1-22 Department of Public Safety may not charge a fee for furnishing a
1-23 list under this subsection. Each list must contain the name and
1-24 address of each person listed. If practical, each list must
1-25 contain the age and citizenship of each person and any other
1-26 information useful in determining if the person is qualified to
1-27 serve as a juror.
1-28 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-33 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-34 passage, and it is so enacted.
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