Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.201
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.201, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 19A.201. GRAND JURY IMPANELED.
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(a) When at least 16 qualified grand jurors are found to be present, the court shall select 12 fair and impartial persons as grand jurors and 4 additional persons as alternate grand jurors to serve on disqualification or unavailability of a grand juror during the term of the grand jury. The grand jurors and the alternate grand jurors must be randomly selected from a fair cross section of the population of the area served by the court.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in a county with a population of less than 1,000, grand jurors may be randomly selected from a fair cross section of the population of one or more counties contiguous to and within the same judicial district as the summoning county who:
(1) hold a valid Texas driver's license or a valid personal identification card or certificate issued by the Department of Public Safety; and
(2) are not disqualified from grand jury service under Article 19A.101(a)(1), (2), or (7).
(b) The court shall impanel the grand jurors and alternate grand jurors, unless a challenge is made to the array or to a particular person presented to serve as a grand juror or an alternate grand juror.
(c) A grand juror is considered to be impaneled after the grand juror's qualifications have been tested and the grand juror has been sworn.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in a county with a population of less than 1,000, grand jurors may be randomly selected from a fair cross section of the population of one or more counties contiguous to and within the same judicial district as the summoning county who:
(1) hold a valid Texas driver's license or a valid personal identification card or certificate issued by the Department of Public Safety; and
(2) are not disqualified from grand jury service under Article 19A.101(a)(1), (2), or (7).
(b) The court shall impanel the grand jurors and alternate grand jurors, unless a challenge is made to the array or to a particular person presented to serve as a grand juror or an alternate grand juror.
(c) A grand juror is considered to be impaneled after the grand juror's qualifications have been tested and the grand juror has been sworn.
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