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
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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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