H.B. No. 616
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor