1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the summoning of potential grand jurors.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Article 19.01, Code of Criminal
 1-5     Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  In lieu of the selection of prospective jurors by means
 1-7     of a jury commission, the district judge may direct that 20 to 125
 1-8     [75] prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned, with return
 1-9     on summons, in the same manner as for the selection and summons of
1-10     panels for the trial of civil cases in the district courts.  The
1-11     judge shall try the qualifications for and excuses from service as
1-12     a grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury in the same
1-13     manner as provided for grand jurors selected by a jury commission.
1-14           SECTION 2.  Articles 19.06 and 19.17, Code of Criminal
1-15     Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
1-16           Art. 19.06.  SHALL SELECT GRAND JURORS.  The jury
1-17     commissioners shall select not less than 15 nor more than 40 [20]
1-18     persons from the citizens of the county to be summoned as grand
1-19     jurors for the next term of court, or the term of court for which
1-20     said commissioners were selected to serve, as directed in the order
1-21     of the court selecting the commissioners.  The commissioners shall,
1-22     to the extent possible, select grand jurors who the commissioners
1-23     determine represent a broad cross-section of the population of the
1-24     county, considering the factors of race, sex, and age.
1-25           Art. 19.17.  FAILURE TO SELECT.  If for any reason a grand
 2-1     jury shall not be selected or summoned prior to the commencement of
 2-2     any term of court, or when none of those summoned shall attend, the
 2-3     district judge may at any time after the commencement of the term,
 2-4     in his discretion, direct a writ to be issued to the sheriff
 2-5     commanding him to summon a jury commission, selected by the court,
 2-6     which commission shall select not more than 40 [twenty] persons, as
 2-7     provided by law, who shall serve as grand jurors.
 2-8           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 203 passed the Senate on
         February 19, 2001, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate
         concurred in House amendments on May 14, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 203 passed the House, with
         amendments, on May 5, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
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                    Governor