H.B. No. 830




AN ACT

relating to the number of jurors required for certain district 
court criminal trials.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 33.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Art. 33.01.  JURY SIZE [; WHEN OF TWELVE, WHEN OF SIX].  (a)  
Except as provided by Subsection (b), in [In] the district court, 
the jury shall consist of twelve qualified jurors.  In [;  in] the 
county court and inferior courts, the jury shall consist of six 
qualified jurors.
	(b)  In a trial involving a misdemeanor offense, a district 
court jury shall consist of six qualified jurors.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2004, but only 
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 78th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2003, permitting six-person juries in district 
court misdemeanor trials is approved by the voters.  If that 
amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 830 was passed by the House on May 5, 
2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 830 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor