HBA-RBT H.B. 82 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 82
By: Solomons
Judicial Affairs
3/8/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND and PURPOSE 

Some citizens of a county who are called upon several times within a year
to serve on a jury.  Others are not called upon for several years.  H.B. 82
removes a person who appears for jury service in a county with a population
of 250,000 or more from the jury wheel for three years. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 62.001, Government Code, by adding Subsection
(j), to provide that a person who is summoned and appears for jury service
in a county with a population of 250,000 or more must be removed from the
jury wheel for three years.  Provides that this provision applies whether
or not the person actually served on a jury. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 62.106, Government Code, by adding Subsection
(8), to authorize a person to establish an exemption from jury service if
the person is summoned for service in a county with a population of at
least 250,000 and the person has served as a petit juror in the county in
the last three years. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date:  September 1, 1999.

SECTION 4.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 5.  Emergency clause.