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.