By Shapleigh S.B. No. 1078
76R5125 MLS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to qualifications of jurors serving in the El Paso
1-3 municipal courts of record.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 30.00134(b), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A juror in the municipal courts of record must have the
1-8 same qualifications as jurors in the other courts in El Paso County
1-9 as provided by Chapter 62 [and must be a registered voter in the
1-10 city]. Jurors in the municipal courts of record are subject to the
1-11 law governing exemption and excuse from jury service as are the
1-12 jurors in the other courts in the county.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-14 SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
1-15 a person summoned to appear for jury service on or after the
1-16 effective date of this Act.
1-17 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.