By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 3203
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to allowing counties to update addresses for potential
1-3 jurors.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 62.001, Government Code,
1-6 is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The jury wheel must be reconstituted by using, as the
1-8 source:
1-9 (1) the names of all persons on the current voter
1-10 registration lists from all the precincts in the county; [and]
1-11 (2) all names on a current list to be furnished by the
1-12 Department of Public Safety, showing the citizens of the county
1-13 who:
1-14 (A) hold a valid Texas driver's license or a
1-15 valid personal identification card or certificate issued by the
1-16 department; and
1-17 (B) are not disqualified from jury service under
1-18 Section 62.102(1), (2), or (7); and
1-19 (3) change of address information provided by the
1-20 United States Postal Service for the names collected under (1) and
1-21 (2), as permitted by Section 62.0145.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 62.0145, Government Code, is amended to
1-23 read as follows:
2-1 Sec. 62.0145. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN PERSONS FROM POOL OF
2-2 PROSPECTIVE JURORS; UPDATING ADDRESSES. (a) If a written summons
2-3 for jury service sent by a sheriff, constable, or bailiff is
2-4 undeliverable, the county or district clerk may remove from the
2-5 jury wheel the jury wheel card for the person summoned or remove
2-6 the person's name from the record of names for selection of persons
2-7 for jury service under Section 62.011.
2-8 (b) If a written summons for jury service is returned to the
2-9 sheriff, constable or bailiff with a notation from the United
2-10 States Postal Service of a change of address for the person
2-11 summoned, the county or district clerk may change the jury wheel
2-12 card for that person to reflect the new address.
2-13 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.