88R19806 JTZ-F
By: Vasut H.B. No. 616
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 616:
By: Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 616
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.