Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 19A.051 · Subchapter B. SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND JURORS
SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND JURORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district judge shall direct that the number of prospective grand jurors the judge considers necessary to ensure an adequate number of grand jurors under Article 19A.201 be selected and summoned, with return on summons.
(b) The prospective grand jurors shall be selected and summoned in the same manner as for the selection and summons of panels for the trial of civil cases in the district courts.
(c) The judge shall test the qualifications for and exemptions from service as a grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury as provided by this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (H.B. 2637), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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