Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 19A.107 · Subchapter C. GRAND JUROR QUALIFICATIONS; EXEMPTIONS FROM SERVICE
LIST OF DISQUALIFIED CONVICTED PERSONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district clerk shall maintain a list of the name and address of each person who is disqualified under this subchapter from grand jury service because the person was convicted of misdemeanor theft or a felony.
(b) A person who was convicted of misdemeanor theft or a felony is permanently disqualified from serving as a juror.
(c) A person whose name appears on the list maintained under this article may not be selected or summoned for grand jury service by any judge of a district court served by the clerk.
(d) On the third business day of each month, the district clerk shall send a copy of the list maintained under this article to:
(1) the secretary of state; and
(2) the prosecuting attorney for the court to which the grand jurors were summoned for investigation into whether any person made a false claim concerning the person's qualification under Article 19A.101(a)(7) or (8).
(e) On the third business day of each month, the district clerk shall prepare a list of the name and address of each person on the list maintained under this article disqualified from grand jury service because the person was convicted of a felony and send a copy of the list to the voter registrar for the county in which the grand jury is sitting.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (H.B. 2637), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.19A.htm
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