Bill Text: TX SB2020 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to voter information used for juror selections.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - No action taken in committee [SB2020 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2020-Engrossed.html
By: Creighton, Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2020 |
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relating to voter information used for juror selections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 62.001(a), (b), (c), (f), (g), and (h), | ||
Government Code, are amended 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 statewide | ||
voter registration list maintained as required under Section | ||
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county; and | ||
(2) all names on a current list to be furnished by the | ||
Department of Public Safety as required by Subsection (f), showing | ||
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(A) 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), (3), or (8) [ |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the following names [ |
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may not be placed in the jury wheel: | ||
(1) the names of persons listed on a registrar of | ||
persons exempt from jury service[ |
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and 62.109; and | ||
(2) the names of persons on the suspense list | ||
maintained by the voter registrar under Section 15.081, Election | ||
Code. | ||
(c) Each year not later than the third Tuesday in November | ||
or the date provided by Section 16.032, Election Code, for the | ||
cancellation of voter registrations, whichever is earlier, the | ||
voter registrar of each county shall furnish to the secretary of | ||
state a list of people exempted from jury service under Subsection | ||
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(f) The Department of Public Safety shall furnish a list to | ||
the secretary of state that shows the names required under | ||
Subsection (a)(2) and that contains any [ |
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regarding a person's residential address, mailing address, date of | ||
birth, Texas driver's license number or personal identification | ||
card or certificate number, social security number, [ |
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citizenship status, and county of residence. The list shall | ||
exclude the names of convicted felons, persons who are not citizens | ||
of the United States, persons residing outside the county, and the | ||
duplicate name of any registrant. The department shall furnish the | ||
list to the secretary of state on or before the first Monday in | ||
October of each year. | ||
(g) The secretary of state shall accept the lists furnished | ||
as provided by Subsections (c) and [ |
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of state shall combine the list furnished under Subsection (f) with | ||
the information on the statewide voter registration list maintained | ||
by the voter registrar as required under Section 18.061, Election | ||
Code, eliminate duplicate names and names of exempt persons on the | ||
list provided to the secretary of state under Subsection (c) | ||
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each county on or before December 31 of each year or as may be | ||
required under a plan developed in accordance with Section 62.011. | ||
The district clerk or bailiff designated as the officer in charge of | ||
the jury selection process for a county that has adopted a plan | ||
under Section 62.011 shall give the secretary of state notice not | ||
later than the 90th day before the date the list is required. The | ||
list furnished the county [ |
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the secretary of state stating that the list contains the names | ||
required by Subsection (a) and excludes the names of exempt persons | ||
provided to the secretary of state under Subsection [ |
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shall furnish the electronic list free of charge. | ||
(h) If the secretary of state is unable to furnish the list | ||
as provided in this section because of the failure of the voter | ||
registrar to furnish the information necessary to maintain the | ||
statewide voter registration list as required under Section 18.061, | ||
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and district clerk in the county shall meet at the county courthouse | ||
between January 1 and January 15 of the following year and shall | ||
reconstitute the jury wheel for the county, except as provided | ||
under a plan adopted under Section 62.011. The deadlines included | ||
in the plan control for preparing the list and reconstituting the | ||
wheel. The secretary of state shall send the list furnished by the | ||
Department of Public Safety as provided by Subsection (f) to the | ||
voter registrar, who shall combine the lists as described in this | ||
section for use as the juror source and certify the combined list as | ||
required of the secretary of state under Subsection (g). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 62.011, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) A state agency or the secretary of state may not charge a | ||
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Section 62.001. | ||
(e) The commissioners court of a county that has adopted a | ||
jury selection plan must file with the Office of Court | ||
Administration of the Texas Judicial System a copy of the plan and | ||
any modification to the plan. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 62.113, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b-1) The list of persons excused or disqualified because of | ||
citizenship as required by Subsection (b) may not be combined with | ||
or submitted simultaneously with any other list required to be | ||
submitted to the voter registrar of the county, including a list | ||
submitted under Section 62.114. | ||
(e) The information required to be filed with the secretary | ||
of state under this section must be filed electronically in the | ||
format prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state | ||
may waive this requirement on application for a waiver submitted by | ||
the clerk. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 62.114, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The list compiled under this section of persons excused | ||
or disqualified because the person is not a resident of the county | ||
may not be combined with or submitted simultaneously with any other | ||
list required to be submitted to the voter registrar of the county, | ||
including a list submitted under Section 62.113. | ||
SECTION 5. Sections 62.001(d) and (e), Government Code, are | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |