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CHAPTER 466 H.B. No. 830 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the number of jurors required for certain district 3 court criminal trials. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1i. Article 33.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 6 amended to read as follows: 7 Art. 33.01. JURY SIZE [ WHEUN T W r .E0,WSi . S I] (a) 8 Except as provided by Subsection (b), in [46] the district court, 9 the jury shall consist of twelve qualified jurors. In [---in] the 10 county court and inferior courts, the jury shall consist of six 11 qualified jurors. 12 (b) In a trial involving a misdemeanor offense, a district 13 court jury shall consist of six qualified jurors. 14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2004, but only 15 . if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 78th Legislature, 16 Regular Session, 2003, permitting six-person juries in district 17 court misdemeanor trials is approved by the voters. If that 18 amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 830, Chapter 466,
legislative document,
2003-05/2003-06;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158793/m1/1/:
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