Public Act 101-0327
 
SB1378 EnrolledLRB101 06624 LNS 51651 b


  
    AN ACT concerning courts.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Jury Act is amended  by changing Section 2 as 
follows:
 


    (705 ILCS 305/2)  (from Ch. 78, par. 2)




    Sec. 2. Jury qualifications. 
    (a) At the September meeting of the county board in each 
year in the
respective counties in this State, except those 
that have
jury
commissioners, the board shall select from the

list
the number of persons
as the judges of the circuit courts, 
to be held in the county
during the
succeeding year, may by 
joint action determine to serve as petit jurors. In
counties 
having jury commissioners, the persons to serve as petit jurors

shall be selected by the jury commissioners, as provided by 
law.  County
boards, a jury administrator,
and jury

commissioners may utilize
the services of the
Administrative 
Office of the Illinois Courts in making these selections.

Jurors in all counties in Illinois must have the legal 
qualifications
herein prescribed. Jurors must be:

        (1) Inhabitants of the county.

        (2) Of the age of 18 years or upwards.

        (3) Free from all legal exception, of fair character, 
    of
approved
integrity, of sound judgment, well informed, 
    and able to understand
the English language, whether in 
    spoken or written form or interpreted into
sign language.

        (4) Citizens of the United States of America.

    (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, 
no person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be 
excluded from jury service in any court of this State on the 
basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual 
orientation, or economic status. As used in this subsection, 
"religion", "sex", "sexual orientation", and "national origin" 
have the meanings provided in Section 1-103 of the Illinois 
Human Rights Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-228, eff. 1-1-18.)