By: Vasut, Plesa (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 616
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
  May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Jurisprudence; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         HughesX
         JohnsonX
         CreightonX
         HinojosaX
         MiddletonX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to continuing education instruction for district clerks on
  impaneling petit and grand juries.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.605, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  As part of the 20 hours of initial instruction and of
  continuing education courses prescribed under this section, a
  district clerk must complete one hour of instruction on impaneling
  petit and grand juries.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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