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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a challenge to a grand juror. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 19.31, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The court shall allow the attorney representing the |
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state a reasonable opportunity to question a grand juror in order to |
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determine whether the juror may be challenged under Subsection |
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(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (7), or (10). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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grand jury impaneled on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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grand jury impaneled before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the grand jury was |
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impaneled, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |