85R17031 CAE-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1103
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1103:
By: Hernandez C.S.H.B. No. 1103
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to excluding a person on the suspense list from jury duty
and the use of the address of a person submitted by the voter
registrar to the secretary of state in preparing a jury wheel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 62.001(d) and (g), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) The list required by Subsection (a)(1) must [(c) may]
exclude[, at the option of the voter registrar of each county,] the
names of persons on the suspense list maintained under Section
15.081, Election Code.
(g) The secretary of state shall accept the lists furnished
as provided by Subsections (c) through (f). The secretary of state
shall combine the lists, eliminate duplicate names, and send the
combined list to each county on or before December 31 of each year
or as may be required under a plan developed in accordance with
Section 62.011. If the lists provide different addresses for a
person, the combined list prepared by the secretary of state must
include only the address submitted by the voter registrar. The
district clerk or bailiff designated as the officer in charge of the
jury selection process for a county that has adopted a plan under
Section 62.011 shall give the secretary of state notice not later
than the 90th day before the date the list is required. The list
furnished the county must be in a format, electronic or printed
copy, as requested by the county and must be certified by the
secretary of state stating that the list contains the names
required by Subsections (c) through (f), eliminating duplications.
The secretary of state shall furnish the list free of charge.
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, 2017.