85R6699 SMT-D
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 1298
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the selection and summons of prospective grand jurors.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 19.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 19.01.  SELECTION AND SUMMONS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND
  JURORS.  The district judge shall direct that 20 to 250 [125]
  prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned, with return on
  summons, in the same manner as for the selection and summons of
  panels for the trial of civil cases in the district courts.  The
  judge shall try the qualifications for and excuses from service as a
  grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury as provided by this
  chapter.
         SECTION 2.  A district judge who on or after the effective
  date of this Act directs that prospective grand jurors be selected
  and summoned shall comply with the requirements of Article 19.01,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act.  A district
  judge who before the effective date of this Act directs that
  prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned shall comply with
  Article 19.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as it existed
  immediately before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.