Tex. Gov't Code § 30.007803 · Subchapter U. ODESSA
JURY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person brought before a municipal court of record and charged with an offense is entitled to be tried by a jury of six persons, unless that right is waived according to law.
(b) A juror for the court must have the qualifications required of jurors by law and must be a resident of the city.
(c) A juror is entitled to receive the compensation for each day and each fraction of a day in attendance on a municipal court of record jury as provided by Chapter 61.
(d) The clerk of the court shall establish a fair, impartial, and objective juror selection process.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Transferred from Government Code, Section 30.3603 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(19), eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm
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