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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the selection and summons of prospective grand jurors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 19.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 19.01. SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND |
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JURORS. The district judge shall direct that 20 to 250 [125] |
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prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned, with return on |
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summons, in the same manner as for the selection and summons of |
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panels for the trial of civil cases in the district courts. The |
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judge shall try the qualifications for and excuses from service as a |
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grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury as provided by this |
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chapter. |
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SECTION 2. A district judge who on or after the effective |
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date of this Act directs that prospective grand jurors be selected |
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and summoned shall comply with the requirements of Article 19.01, |
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Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act. A district |
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judge who before the effective date of this Act directs that |
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prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned shall comply with |
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Article 19.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |