Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 19.01. Appointment Of Jury Commissioners; Selection Without Jury Commission
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Art. 19.01. [333] [384] [372] APPOINTMENT OF JURY
COMMISSIONERS; SELECTION WITHOUT JURY COMMISSION. (a) The
district judge, at or during any term of court, shall appoint not
less than three, nor more than five persons to perform the duties of
jury commissioners, and shall cause the sheriff to notify them of
their appointment, and when and where they are to appear. The
district judge shall, in the order appointing such commissioners,
designate whether such commissioners shall serve during the term at
which selected or for the next succeeding term. Such commissioners
shall receive as compensation for each day or part thereof they may
serve the sum of Ten Dollars, and they shall possess the following
qualifications:
1. Be intelligent citizens of the county and able to read and
write the English language;
2. Be qualified jurors in the county;
3. Have no suit in said court which requires intervention of a
jury;
4. Be residents of different portions of the county; and
5. The same person shall not act as jury commissioner more
than once in any 12-month period.
(b) In lieu of the selection of prospective jurors by means
of a jury commission, the district judge may direct that 20 to 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 in the same manner
as provided for grand jurors selected by a jury commission.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 905, ch. 131, Sec. 1, eff. May
10, 1971; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 393, ch. 184, Sec. 1, eff. Sept.
1, 1979. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2983, ch. 514, Sec. 1, eff. June
19, 1983; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 67, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Article: 18.181 18.183 18.19 18.20 18.21 18.22 18.23 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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