Bill Text: TX HB1103 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to excluding a person on the suspense list from jury duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB1103 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1103-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1103
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to excluding a person on the suspense list from jury duty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 62.001(d), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  The list required by Subsection (a)(1) must [(c) may]
  exclude[, at the option of the voter registrar of each county,] the
  names of persons on the suspense list maintained under Section
  15.081, Election Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 18, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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