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

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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-Engrossed.html

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By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1103

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.