Tex. Gov't Code § 23.203 · Subchapter C. UNIFORM JURY HANDBOOK
DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBOOK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The state bar shall distribute copies of the uniform jury handbook to each trial court of this state in sufficient numbers to meet the requirements of this subchapter.
(b) The clerk of a trial court shall provide each juror in a civil or criminal case with a copy of the uniform jury handbook. The juror shall read the handbook before the juror begins jury service.
(c) The handbook is a public document. The state bar or a trial court may distribute the handbook to promote the public's understanding of jury service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 833, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.23.htm
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