Section 19A.053 - Additional Qualified Persons Summoned(a) If fewer than 16 persons summoned to serve as grand jurors are found to be in attendance and qualified to serve, the court shall order the sheriff or clerk of the district court to summon an additional number of persons considered necessary to constitute a grand jury of 12 grand jurors and four alternate grand jurors. (b) The sheriff or clerk of the district court shall summon the additional prospective grand jurors under Subsection (a) in person to attend before the court immediately. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 19A.053
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 861,Sec. 7.002, eff. 9/1/2023, app. only to the summoning of grand jurors on or after September 1, 2023.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. TBD,Sec. 1.03, eff. 1/1/2021.