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79R9215 RMB-D


By:  McReynolds                                                   H.B. No. 2754



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of a jury commissioner to be selected 
for or to serve on a grand jury.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 19.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Art. 19.06.  SHALL SELECT GRAND JURORS.  The jury 
commissioners shall select not less than 15 nor more than 40 persons 
from the citizens of the county to be summoned as grand jurors for 
the next term of court, or the term of court for which said 
commissioners were selected to serve, as directed in the order of 
the court selecting the commissioners.  The commissioners shall, to 
the extent possible, select grand jurors who the commissioners 
determine represent a broad cross-section of the population of the 
county, considering the factors of race, sex, and age.  A 
commissioner is not qualified to be selected for or to serve as a 
grand juror during the term of court for which the commissioner is 
serving as a commissioner.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.