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By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 122
	(In the Senate - Filed November 18, 2002; January 29, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 
April 7, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 7, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 122                                    By:  West


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.  
(a)  This section applies only in [In] a county with a population of 
1.5 million or more.
	(b)  A[, a] prospective juror removed from a jury panel in a 
criminal case 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 the person's 
[his] name is returned to the jury wheel and drawn again for jury 
service.
	(c)  A prospective juror removed from a jury panel may be 
placed on another jury panel.
	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.



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