Bill Text: TX HB128 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of certain school district and open-enrollment charter school employees from jury service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Left pending in committee [HB128 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB128-Introduced.html
| By: Bernal | H.B. No. 128 | |
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| relating to the exemption of certain school district and | ||
| open-enrollment charter school employees from jury service. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 62.106(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person qualified to serve as a petit juror may | ||
| establish an exemption from jury service if the person: | ||
| (1) is over 70 years of age; | ||
| (2) has legal custody of a child younger than 12 years | ||
| of age and the person's service on the jury requires leaving the | ||
| child without adequate supervision; | ||
| (3) is a student of a public or private secondary | ||
| school; | ||
| (4) is a person enrolled and in actual attendance at an | ||
| institution of higher education; | ||
| (5) is an officer or an employee of the senate, the | ||
| house of representatives, or any department, commission, board, | ||
| office, or other agency in the legislative branch of state | ||
| government; | ||
| (6) is summoned for service in a county with a | ||
| population of at least 200,000, unless that county uses a jury plan | ||
| under Section 62.011 and the period authorized under Section | ||
| 62.011(b)(5) exceeds two years, and the person has served as a petit | ||
| juror in the county during the 24-month period preceding the date | ||
| the person is to appear for jury service; | ||
| (7) is the primary caretaker of a person who is unable | ||
| to care for himself or herself; | ||
| (8) except as provided by Subsection (b), is summoned | ||
| for service in a county with a population of at least 250,000 and | ||
| the person has served as a petit juror in the county during the | ||
| three-year period preceding the date the person is to appear for | ||
| jury service; [ |
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| (9) is a member of the United States military forces | ||
| serving on active duty and deployed to a location away from the | ||
| person's home station and out of the person's county of residence; | ||
| or | ||
| (10) is a classroom teacher, paraprofessional, or | ||
| librarian employed by a school district or an open-enrollment | ||
| charter school. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| the establishment of an exemption from jury services for a person | ||
| summoned to appear for jury services on a date on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
