By: Huffines S.B. No. 259
(Neave)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to jury summons questionnaires.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 62.0132(b) and (d), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) A written jury summons must include:
(1) a copy of the questionnaire developed under this
section; or
(2) the electronic address of the court's Internet
website from which the questionnaire developed under this section
may be easily printed.
(d) Except as provided by this subsection, a [A] person who
has received a written jury summons [and a written jury summons
questionnaire] shall complete and submit a jury summons [the]
questionnaire when the person reports for jury duty. If the
district and criminal district judges of a county adopt a plan for
an electronic jury selection method under Section 62.011, the
county may allow a person to complete and submit a jury summons
questionnaire on the court's Internet website as authorized under
Section 62.0111(b)(5).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
62.0132, Government Code, applies only to a written jury summons
sent on or after the effective date of this Act. A written jury
summons sent before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.