By: Creighton, Zaffirini S.B. No. 2020     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voter information used for juror selections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 62.001(a), (b), (c), (f), (g), and (h),   Government Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The jury wheel must be reconstituted by using, as the   source:                (1)  the names of all persons on the current statewide   voter registration list maintained as required under Section   18.061, Election Code, [lists] from all the precincts in the   county; and                (2)  all names on a current list to be furnished by the   Department of Public Safety as required by Subsection (f), showing   the residents [citizens] of the county who:                      (A)  hold a valid Texas driver's license or a   valid personal identification card or certificate issued by the   department; and                      (B)  are not disqualified from jury service under   Section 62.102(1), (2), (3), or (8) [(7)].          (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the following names [of   persons listed on a register of persons exempt from jury service]   may not be placed in the jury wheel:                (1)  the names of persons listed on a registrar of   persons exempt from jury service[,] as provided by Sections 62.108   and 62.109; and                (2)  the names of persons on the suspense list   maintained by the voter registrar under Section 15.081, Election   Code.          (c)  Each year not later than the third Tuesday in November   or the date provided by Section 16.032, Election Code, for the   cancellation of voter registrations, whichever is earlier, the   voter registrar of each county shall furnish to the secretary of   state a list of people exempted from jury service under Subsection   (b) [current voter registration list from all the precincts in the   county that, except as provided by Subsection (d), includes:                [(1)     the complete name, mailing address, date of   birth, voter registration number, and precinct number for each   voter;                [(2)     if available, the Texas driver's license number   or personal identification card or certificate number and social   security number for each voter; and                [(3)     any other information included on the voter   registration list of the county].          (f)  The Department of Public Safety shall furnish a list to   the secretary of state that shows the names required under   Subsection (a)(2) and that contains any [of the] information   [enumerated in Subsection (c) that is] available to the department   regarding a person's residential address, mailing address, date of   birth, Texas driver's license number or personal identification   card or certificate number, social security number, [including]   citizenship status, and county of residence. The list shall   exclude the names of convicted felons, persons who are not citizens   of the United States, persons residing outside the county, and the   duplicate name of any registrant. The department shall furnish the   list to the secretary of state on or before the first Monday in   October of each year.          (g)  The secretary of state shall accept the lists furnished   as provided by Subsections (c) and [(c) through] (f). The secretary   of state shall combine the list furnished under Subsection (f) with   the information on the statewide voter registration list maintained   by the voter registrar as required under Section 18.061, Election   Code, eliminate duplicate names and names of exempt persons on the   list provided to the secretary of state under Subsection (c)    [lists, eliminate duplicate names], and send the combined list to   each county on or before December 31 of each year or as may be   required under a plan developed in accordance with Section 62.011.   The district clerk or bailiff designated as the officer in charge of   the jury selection process for a county that has adopted a plan   under Section 62.011 shall give the secretary of state notice not   later than the 90th day before the date the list is required. The   list furnished the county [must be in a format, electronic or   printed copy, as requested by the county and] must be certified by   the secretary of state stating that the list contains the names   required by Subsection (a) and excludes the names of exempt persons   provided to the secretary of state under Subsection [Subsections   (c) through] (f), eliminating duplications. The secretary of state   shall furnish the electronic list free of charge.          (h)  If the secretary of state is unable to furnish the list   as provided in this section because of the failure of the voter   registrar to furnish the information necessary to maintain the   statewide voter registration list as required under Section 18.061,   Election Code [county voter registration list to the secretary of   state], the county tax assessor-collector, sheriff, county clerk,   and district clerk in the county shall meet at the county courthouse   between January 1 and January 15 of the following year and shall   reconstitute the jury wheel for the county, except as provided   under a plan adopted under Section 62.011.  The deadlines included   in the plan control for preparing the list and reconstituting the   wheel. The secretary of state shall send the list furnished by the   Department of Public Safety as provided by Subsection (f) to the   voter registrar, who shall combine the lists as described in this   section for use as the juror source and certify the combined list as   required of the secretary of state under Subsection (g).          SECTION 2.  Section 62.011, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as   follows:          (d)  A state agency or the secretary of state may not charge a   fee for furnishing an electronic [a] list of names required by   Section 62.001.          (e)  The commissioners court of a county that has adopted a   jury selection plan must file with the Office of Court   Administration of the Texas Judicial System a copy of the plan and   any modification to the plan.          SECTION 3.  Section 62.113, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as   follows:          (b-1)  The list of persons excused or disqualified because of   citizenship as required by Subsection (b) may not be combined with   or submitted simultaneously with any other list required to be   submitted to the voter registrar of the county, including a list   submitted under Section 62.114.          (e)  The information required to be filed with the secretary   of state under this section must be filed electronically in the   format prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state   may waive this requirement on application for a waiver submitted by   the clerk.          SECTION 4.  Section 62.114, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  The list compiled under this section of persons excused   or disqualified because the person is not a resident of the county   may not be combined with or submitted simultaneously with any other   list required to be submitted to the voter registrar of the county,   including a list submitted under Section 62.113.          SECTION 5.  Sections 62.001(d) and (e), Government Code, are   repealed.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.