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90_SB0303
705 ILCS 310/9.2 from Ch. 78, par. 32.2
Amends the Jury Commission Act. Requires jurors in
counties over 1,000,000 inhabitants to be assigned to the
courthouse nearest their residence addresses.
LRB9001845RCks
LRB9001845RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Jury Commission Act by changing
2 Section 9.2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Jury Commission Act is amended by
6 changing Section 9.2 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 310/9.2) (from Ch. 78, par. 32.2)
8 Sec. 9.2. In single county circuits containing or which
9 may hereafter contain more than 1,000,000 one million
10 inhabitants, jurors may be drawn from such parts of the
11 county and assigned to jury service at courthouses nearest
12 their residence addresses as determined by court rule to be
13 most favorable to an impartial trial and not to incur
14 unnecessary expense or unduly burden the citizens of any part
15 of the county with jury service. Such rule may utilize
16 established divisions within the county.
17 (Source: P.A. 88-266.)
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