Bill Text: TX HB1313 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ensuring the removal of the names of deceased persons from the jury wheel.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-18 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1313 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1313-Introduced.html
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| By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 1313 | |
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| relating to ensuring the removal of the names of deceased persons | ||
| from the jury wheel. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 62.001, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) The jury wheel must be reconstituted by using, as the | ||
| source: | ||
| (1) the names of all persons on the current voter | ||
| registration lists from all the precincts in the county; and | ||
| (2) all names on a current list to be furnished by the | ||
| Department of Public Safety, showing the citizens of the county | ||
| who: | ||
| (A) subject to Subsection (b-1), hold a valid | ||
| Texas driver's license or a valid personal identification card or | ||
| certificate issued by the department; and | ||
| (B) are not disqualified from jury service under | ||
| Section 62.102(1), (2), or (7). | ||
| (b-1) The Department of Public Safety shall exclude from the | ||
| list furnished under Subsection (a) the names of persons who are | ||
| deceased. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 62.0015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 62.0015. REMOVAL OF DECEASED PERSONS FROM JURY WHEEL. | ||
| (a) At least quarterly, the secretary of state shall furnish to the | ||
| Department of Public Safety information obtained under Section | ||
| 16.001, Election Code, relating to deceased residents of the state | ||
| that will assist the department in ensuring the accuracy of names | ||
| provided for the jury wheel under Section 62.001(a)(2) by allowing | ||
| the department to exclude from the list furnished under that | ||
| subsection the names of deceased persons as required by Section | ||
| 62.001(b-1). | ||
| (b) Using information obtained by the secretary of state | ||
| under Section 16.001, Election Code, the secretary shall establish | ||
| a method of informing county and district clerks regarding the | ||
| deaths of persons who resided in the counties served by the clerks | ||
| for purposes of Subsection (c). | ||
| (c) The county or district clerk shall remove from the jury | ||
| wheel the jury wheel card of a deceased person or remove a deceased | ||
| person's name from the record of names for selection of persons for | ||
| jury service under Section 62.011. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
