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91_SB0178enr
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1 AN ACT to amend the Jury Act by changing Section 10.2.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Jury Act is amended by changing Section
5 10.2 as follows:
6 (705 ILCS 305/10.2) (from Ch. 78, par. 10.2)
7 Sec. 10.2. Excusing prospective jurors; hardship.
8 (a) The county boards of the respective counties, the
9 jury commissioners for those counties which have been
10 appointed under the Jury Commission Act, pursuant to "An Act
11 in relation to jury commissioners and authorizing judges to
12 appoint such commissioners and to make rules concerning their
13 powers and duties", approved June 15, 1887, as amended, or a
14 jury administrator shall have the authority to submit
15 questionnaires to prospective jurors to inquire as to their
16 qualifications for jury service and as to the hardship that
17 jury service would pose to the prospective jurors. Upon
18 prior approval by the chief judge of the judicial circuits in
19 which a county board, jury administrator, or jury
20 commissioners are situated, the county board, jury
21 administrator, or jury commissioners shall excuse a
22 prospective juror from jury service if the prospective juror
23 shows that such service would impose an undue hardship on
24 account of the nature of the prospective juror's occupation,
25 business affairs, physical health, family situation, active
26 duty in the Illinois National Guard or Illinois Naval
27 Militia, or other personal affairs, and cause his or her name
28 to be returned to the jury list or general jury list.
29 (b) When an undue hardship caused by a family situation
30 is due to the prospective juror being the primary care giver
31 of a person with a mental or physical disability, a person
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1 with a medically diagnosed behavior problem, or a child under
2 age 12, then the county board, jury commissioners or jury
3 administrator shall excuse such a prospective juror, if it
4 finds that no reasonable alternative care is feasible which
5 would not impose an undue hardship on the prospective juror
6 or the person for whom the prospective juror is providing
7 care, or both.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98.)
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
10 1, 1999.
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