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| 1 | 1 | 85R6699 SMT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 991 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the selection and summons of prospective grand jurors. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Article 19.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Art. 19.01. SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND | |
| 12 | 12 | JURORS. The district judge shall direct that 20 to 250 [125] | |
| 13 | 13 | prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned, with return on | |
| 14 | 14 | summons, in the same manner as for the selection and summons of | |
| 15 | 15 | panels for the trial of civil cases in the district courts. The | |
| 16 | 16 | judge shall try the qualifications for and excuses from service as a | |
| 17 | 17 | grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury as provided by this | |
| 18 | 18 | chapter. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. A district judge who on or after the effective | |
| 20 | 20 | date of this Act directs that prospective grand jurors be selected | |
| 21 | 21 | and summoned shall comply with the requirements of Article 19.01, | |
| 22 | 22 | Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act. A district | |
| 23 | 23 | judge who before the effective date of this Act directs that | |
| 24 | 24 | prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned shall comply with | |
| 25 | 25 | Article 19.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as it existed | |
| 26 | 26 | immediately before the effective date of this Act. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |