Bill Text: TX HB2747 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to qualifications to serve as a petit juror.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2747 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2747-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2747 |
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relating to qualifications to serve as a petit juror. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 62.102, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.102. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR JURY SERVICE. A | ||
person is disqualified to serve as a petit juror unless the person: | ||
(1) is at least 18 years of age; | ||
(2) is a citizen of the United States; | ||
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county in which the person is to serve as a juror; | ||
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to vote in the county in which the person is to serve as a juror; | ||
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during the preceding three months in the county court or during the | ||
preceding six months in the district court; | ||
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or a felony; and | ||
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accusation for misdemeanor theft or a felony. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2747 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2747 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |