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AN ACT
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relating to excluding a person on the suspense list from jury duty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.001(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The list required by Subsection (a)(1) must [(c) may] |
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exclude[, at the option of the voter registrar of each county,] the |
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names of persons on the suspense list maintained under Section |
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15.081, Election Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 18, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |