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            H.B. No. 616
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to continuing education instruction for district clerks on 
         
            impaneling petit and grand juries.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 51.605, Government Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         
                   (e)  As part of the 20 hours of initial instruction and of 
         
            continuing education courses prescribed under this section, a 
         
            district clerk must complete one hour of instruction on impaneling 
         
            petit and grand juries.
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the House on April 
         
            28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
            APPROVED:  _____________________
         
                               Date          
         
                      _____________________
         
                             Governor       
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Texas Government Code 51.605 (Texas Government Code 51)
House Committee Report: Government Code 51.605 (Government Code 51, Texas Government Code 51)
Engrossed: Government Code 51.605 (Government Code 51, Texas Government Code 51)
Senate Committee Report: Government Code 51.605 (Government Code 51, Texas Government Code 51)
Enrolled: Government Code 51.605 (Government Code 51, Texas Government Code 51)




	AN ACT
	relating to continuing education instruction for district clerks on
	impaneling petit and grand juries.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 51.605, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e) As part of the 20 hours of initial instruction and of
	continuing education courses prescribed under this section, a
	district clerk must complete one hour of instruction on impaneling
	petit and grand juries.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the House on April
	28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor