HBA-LCA S.B. 1078 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1078 By: Shapleigh Judicial Affairs 4-14-1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under Chapter 30, Government Code (Municipal Courts of Record), a petit court juror in El Paso County must be a registered voter in the City of El Paso. Alternatively, Section 62.102(e)(3), Government Code, which relates to the general qualifications for service on a petit jury, requires a juror to be "qualified under the constitution and laws to vote in the County in which he is to serve as juror." Challenges to individual jurors have arisen in El Paso County due to this conflict. H.B. 3792 removes that requirement from Section 30.00134 (Right to Jury Trial), which applies to El Paso County, for jurors serving in El Paso municipal courts of record. 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 30.00134(b), Government Code, to delete the requirement that a juror in a municipal court of record in El Paso be a registered voter in the City of El Paso. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.