Bill Text: TX SB769 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System on the composition of grand and petit juries in each county.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-02 - Referred to State Affairs [SB769 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB769-Introduced.html
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| By: Ellis, Whitmire | S.B. No. 769 | |
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| relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the | ||
| Texas Judicial System on the composition of grand and petit juries | ||
| in each county. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 71, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 71.0354 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 71.0354. GRAND AND PETIT JURY COMPOSITION; STATISTICS; | ||
| REPORT. (a) As a component of the official monthly report submitted | ||
| to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System | ||
| under Section 71.035, a district court or county court at law shall | ||
| report: | ||
| (1) the number of persons summoned to serve as grand | ||
| jurors under Chapter 19, Code of Criminal Procedure, for each term | ||
| of court; | ||
| (2) the age, gender, and race of each person described | ||
| by Subdivision (1); | ||
| (3) the number of grand juries impaneled under Chapter | ||
| 19, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
| (4) the age, gender, and racial composition of each | ||
| grand jury described by Subdivision (3); | ||
| (5) the number of persons summoned to serve as petit | ||
| jurors under Chapter 35, Code of Criminal Procedure, for each | ||
| applicable case before the court; | ||
| (6) the age, gender, and race of each person described | ||
| by Subdivision (5); | ||
| (7) the number of petit juries impaneled under Chapter | ||
| 35, Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
| (8) the age, gender, and racial composition of each | ||
| petit jury described by Subdivision (7). | ||
| (b) Not later than January 31 of each year, each county | ||
| shall submit to the office of court administration a report: | ||
| (1) comparing for the preceding calendar year the age, | ||
| gender, and racial composition of the county's grand and petit | ||
| juries with the age, gender, and racial demographics of the county; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) explaining any discrepancies between the two sets | ||
| of demographic information described by Subdivision (1). | ||
| (c) The office of court administration shall make each | ||
| report provided under Subsection (b) available to the public and | ||
| members of the press. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
