By Duncan S.B. No. 456
75R983 MWV-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to sources of names for a jury wheel.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Sections 62.001(a) and (c), Government Code, are
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The jury wheel must be reconstituted by using[,] as the
1-7 source[:]
1-8 [(1)] the names of all persons on the current voter
1-9 registration lists from all the precincts in the county[; and]
1-10 [(2) all names on a current list to be furnished by
1-11 the Department of Public Safety, showing the citizens of the county
1-12 who hold a valid Texas driver's license and the citizens of the
1-13 county, other than persons who are disqualified from jury service,
1-14 who hold a valid personal identification card or certificate issued
1-15 by the department].
1-16 (c) Each year not later than the third Tuesday in November
1-17 or the date provided by Section 16.032, Election Code, for the
1-18 cancellation of voter registrations, whichever is earlier, the
1-19 county tax assessor-collector, sheriff, county clerk, and district
1-20 clerk in each county shall meet at the county courthouse and shall
1-21 reconstitute the jury wheel for the county. Each official may be
1-22 represented by a deputy [voter registrar of each county shall
1-23 furnish to the secretary of state a current voter registration list
1-24 from all the precincts in the county that, except as provided by
2-1 Subsection (d), includes:]
2-2 [(1) the complete name, mailing address, date of
2-3 birth, voter registration number, and precinct number for each
2-4 voter;]
2-5 [(2) if available, the Texas driver's license number
2-6 or personal identification card or certificate number and social
2-7 security number for each voter; and]
2-8 [(3) any other information included on the voter
2-9 registration list of the county].
2-10 SECTION 2. Sections 62.001(d)-(i), Government Code, are
2-11 repealed.
2-12 SECTION 3. Section 62.011(d), Government Code, is repealed.
2-13 SECTION 4. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-14 (b) The changes in law made by this Act relating to jury
2-15 service apply only to persons summoned to appear for jury service
2-16 after a jury wheel has been constituted for the county under
2-17 Chapter 62, Government Code, as amended by this Act. A jury wheel
2-18 constituted before the effective date of this Act may be used until
2-19 reconstitution of the jury wheel under Chapter 62, Government Code,
2-20 as amended by this Act.
2-21 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.