1-1     By:  Duncan                                            S.B. No. 395
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2001; January 29, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     February 13, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas
 1-5     5, Nays 0; February 13, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the requirement that the Texas Judicial Council conduct
 1-9     a statewide jury service study and report the results of the study
1-10     to the legislature.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 71, Government Code, is
1-13     amended by adding Section 71.037 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 71.037.  JURY SERVICE STUDY.  (a)  The council shall
1-15     conduct a study to examine jury service in each county of this
1-16     state.
1-17           (b)  In conducting the study, the council shall collect and
1-18     examine:
1-19                 (1)  information relating to reimbursement of expenses
1-20     for jurors and other incentives for jury service; and
1-21                 (2)  demographic and statistical information from each
1-22     county relating to:
1-23                       (A)  the county's prospective jurors; and
1-24                       (B)  each person who has been summoned for jury
1-25     service, has appeared for jury service, and has served as a juror.
1-26           (c)  The council shall seek the assistance of each county and
1-27     the National Center for State Courts.
1-28           (d)  The council shall file a copy of the study, a summary of
1-29     the results of the study, and the council's recommendations with
1-30     the legislature not later than January 1, 2003.
1-31           (e)  This section expires March 1, 2003.
1-32           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-33     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-34     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-35     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-36     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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