Bill Text: TX SB259 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to jury summons questionnaires.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-18 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB259 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB259-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 259 | ||
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| relating to jury summons questionnaires. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 62.0132(b) and (d), Government Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A written jury summons must include: | ||
| (1) a copy of the questionnaire developed under this | ||
| section; or | ||
| (2) the electronic address of the court's Internet | ||
| website from which the questionnaire developed under this section | ||
| may be easily printed. | ||
| (d) Except as provided by this subsection, a [ |
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| questionnaire when the person reports for jury duty. If the | ||
| district and criminal district judges of a county adopt a plan for | ||
| an electronic jury selection method under Section 62.011, the | ||
| county may allow a person to complete and submit a jury summons | ||
| questionnaire on the court's Internet website as authorized under | ||
| Section 62.0111(b)(5). | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 62.0132, Government Code, applies only to a written jury summons | ||
| sent on or after the effective date of this Act. A written jury | ||
| summons sent before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
| the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 259 passed the Senate on March | ||
| 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 259 passed the House on May 4, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, two present not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
