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11 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1067
22 (In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2009; March 13, 2009,
33 read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
44 March 30, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
55 Nays 0; March 30, 2009, sent to printer.)
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88 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
99 AN ACT
1010 relating to the composition of the jury in certain adjudication
1111 hearings in juvenile court.
1212 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1313 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 54.03, Family Code, is
1414 amended to read as follows:
1515 (c) Trial shall be by jury unless jury is waived in
1616 accordance with Section 51.09. If the hearing is on a petition that
1717 has been approved by the grand jury under Section 53.045, the jury
1818 must consist of 12 persons and be selected in accordance with the
1919 requirements in criminal cases. If the hearing is on a petition
2020 that alleges conduct that violates a penal law of this state of the
2121 grade of misdemeanor, the jury must consist of the number of persons
2222 required by Article 33.01(b), Code of Criminal Procedure. Jury
2323 verdicts under this title must be unanimous.
2424 SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 54.03, Family Code, as
2525 amended by this Act, applies to an adjudication hearing conducted
2626 in a juvenile court for which a jury is selected on or after the
2727 effective date of this Act, regardless of the date the petition on
2828 which the hearing is based was filed.
2929 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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