Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH |
Subtitle E. JURIES |
Chapter 62. PETIT JURIES |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 62.008. ENVELOPES CONTAINING JURY WHEEL CARDS
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(a) At the time that names are drawn for jury service and placed on a jury list, the jury wheel cards containing the names on the jury list shall be sealed in a separate envelope that is endorsed, "Cards containing the names of jurors on List No. ______ of the petit jurors drawn on the ______ day of __________, 19____, for the ______ Court of __________ County." The blanks in the endorsement on an envelope shall be properly filled.
(b) The county or district clerk, as the case may be, shall retain unopened a sealed envelope containing jury wheel cards in a secure manner until the jurors selected from the jury list with names corresponding to those on the jury wheel cards in the envelope are impaneled for jury service.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.