1-1 By: Ellis S.B. No. 243
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 22, 1999; January 28, 1999,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
1-4 March 11, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 11, 1999,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 243 By: Ellis
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the duty of the Department of Public Safety to remove
1-11 certain names from a list used to reconstitute the jury wheel.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 62.001, Government Code,
1-14 is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (f) The Department of Public Safety shall furnish a list to
1-16 the secretary of state that shows the names required under
1-17 Subsection (a)(2) and that contains any of the information
1-18 enumerated in Subsection (c) that is available to the department,
1-19 including citizenship status and county of residence. The list
1-20 shall exclude the names of convicted felons, persons who are not
1-21 citizens of the United States, [and] persons residing outside the
1-22 county, and the duplicate name of any registrant. The department
1-23 shall furnish the list to the secretary of state on or before the
1-24 first Monday in October of each year and shall furnish an updated
1-25 list at least as often as quarterly to a district clerk who
1-26 requests that information from the department.
1-27 SECTION 2. Subsection (i), Section 62.001, Government Code,
1-28 is amended to read as follows:
1-29 (i) The [In a county with a population of less than 105,000
1-30 in which the municipality with the largest population is located in
1-31 more than one county, the] commissioners court may, instead of
1-32 using the method provided by Subsections (c) through (h), contract
1-33 with another governmental unit or a private person to combine the
1-34 voter registration list with the list furnished by the Department
1-35 of Public Safety. Subsections (c) through (h) do not apply to a
1-36 county in which the commissioners court has contracted with another
1-37 governmental unit or a private person under this subsection. The
1-38 Department of Public Safety may not charge a fee for furnishing a
1-39 list under this subsection. Each list must contain the name, date
1-40 of birth, [and] address, county of residence, and citizenship
1-41 status of each person listed. If practical, each list must contain
1-42 [the age and citizenship of each person and] any other information
1-43 useful in determining if the person is qualified to serve as a
1-44 juror.
1-45 SECTION 3. Subsection (c), Section 521.142, Transportation
1-46 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-47 (c) The application must state:
1-48 (1) the sex of the applicant;
1-49 (2) the residence address of the applicant;
1-50 (3) whether the applicant has been licensed to drive a
1-51 motor vehicle before;
1-52 (4) if previously licensed, when and by what state or
1-53 country;
1-54 (5) whether that license has been suspended or revoked
1-55 or a license application denied; [and]
1-56 (6) the date and reason for the suspension,
1-57 revocation, or denial;
1-58 (7) whether the applicant is a citizen of the United
1-59 States; and
1-60 (8) the county of residence of the applicant.
1-61 SECTION 4. Section 521.1425, Transportation Code, is amended
1-62 to read as follows:
1-63 Sec. 521.1425. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED TO
1-64 DEPARTMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The]
2-1 department may require each applicant for an original, renewal, or
2-2 duplicate driver's license to furnish to the department the
2-3 information required by Section 521.142.
2-4 (b) The department shall require each applicant for an
2-5 original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license to furnish to the
2-6 department the information required by Sections 521.142(c)(7) and
2-7 (8).
2-8 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-14 passage, and it is so enacted.
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