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By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 122


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to jury service in certain counties by persons removed 
from a jury panel.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 62.021, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 62.021.  [DISMISSAL OF] JUROR REMOVED FROM PANEL.  In a 
county with a population of 1.5 million or more, a prospective juror 
removed from a jury panel for cause, by peremptory challenge or for 
any other reason, [must be dismissed from jury service.  After 
dismissal, the person] may [not] be placed on another jury panel 
[until his name is returned to the jury wheel and drawn again for 
jury service].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a person removed from a jury panel on or after that 
date.