Public Act 097-0034
 
HB2066 EnrolledLRB097 07932 AJO 48049 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 Sections 1 
and 1b  and adding Section 1a-1 as follows:
 



    (705 ILCS 305/1)  (from Ch. 78, par. 1)



    Sec. 1. 
The county board of each county, except those 
counties which
have a jury administrator or
jury commissioners

as provided in the Jury Commission Act, shall, at or before the 
time of its
meeting, in
September, in each year, or at any time 
thereafter, when necessary for
the purpose of this Act, make a 
list of the legal voters and the
Illinois driver's license, 
Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois
Disabled Person 
Identification Card holders, and the claimants for 
unemployment insurance of the county, giving the place
of

residence of each name on the list, to be known as a jury list. 
The list
shall be made by choosing every tenth name, or other 
whole number rate
necessary to obtain the number required, from 
the latest voter registration
and drivers license, Illinois 
Identification Card, and Illinois Disabled
Person 
Identification Card holders and claimants for unemployment 
insurance lists of the county. In compiling the jury
list, 
duplication of names shall be avoided to the extent 
practicable.

    As used in this Act, "jury administrator" is defined as 
under Section 0.05
of the Jury Commission Act.

(Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98.)

 
    (705 ILCS 305/1a-1 new)
    Sec. 1a-1. List of claimants for unemployment insurance. 
The Director of the Department of Employment Security shall 
annually compile a list of persons age 18 or older, who, in the 
prior 12 months, filed a claim for unemployment insurance and 
shall furnish this list to the Administrative Office of the 
Illinois Courts and the Administrative Office of the Illinois 
Courts shall furnish that list to the county board of each 
county, except those counties which have jury commissions as 
provided in the Jury Commission Act, for use in the preparation 
of jury lists as provided in Section 1 of this Act. The list 
shall be in the format currently prescribed by the 
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and shall be 
provided subject to federal regulations.
 



    (705 ILCS 305/1b)  (from Ch. 78, par. 1b)



    Sec. 1b. 
The combination of the lists of registered voters, 
and driver's
license, Illinois Identification Card, or 
Illinois Disabled Person
Identification Card holders, and 
claimants for unemployment insurance and the preparation of 
jury lists under this Act
shall,
when requested by the Chief 
Judge or his designee, be accomplished through
the services of 
the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.

(Source: P.A. 88-27.)

 
    Section 10. The Jury Commission Act is amended  by changing 
Sections 2 and 2a as follows:
 



    (705 ILCS 310/2)  (from Ch. 78, par. 25)



    Sec. 2. 
In a county
with a population of at least 3,000,000 
in which a jury administrator
or jury commissioners have been 
appointed,  the
jury administrator or commissioners, upon

entering upon the duties of their office, and every 4 years 
thereafter,
shall prepare a list of all legal voters and all

Illinois driver's license, Illinois Identification Card, and 
Illinois
Disabled Person Identification Card holders, and 
claimants for unemployment insurance of each town or precinct 
of the
county possessing the necessary legal qualifications for 
jury duty, to be
known as the jury list.  In a county with a 
population of less than
3,000,000 in which
a jury administrator 
or
jury commissioners have been appointed, the
jury 
administrator or
jury
commissioners upon entering upon the 
duties of their office, and each year
thereafter, shall prepare 
a list of all Illinois driver's license, Illinois

Identification Card, and Illinois Disabled Person 
Identification Card holders, all claimants for unemployment 
insurance,
and all registered voters of the county to be known 
as the jury list.

    The jury list may be revised and amended annually in the 
discretion of
the commissioners or jury administrator.
Any

record kept by the jury commissioners or jury administrator
for 
over 4
years may be destroyed at their discretion. The name of 
each person on
the list shall be entered in a book or books to 
be kept for that
purpose, and opposite the name shall be 
entered his or her age and
place of residence, giving street 
and number, if any.

    The Director of the Department of Employment Security shall 
annually compile a list of persons who, in the prior 12 months, 
filed a claim for unemployment insurance which shall be sent to 
the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the 
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall furnish that 
list to the jury administrator or jury commissioners, as 
provided in Section 1a-1 of the Jury Act. The list shall be in 
the format currently prescribed by the Administrative Office of 
the Illinois Courts and shall be provided subject to federal 
regulations. The
jury administrator,
jury commissioners, or 
the Administrative Office of the Illinois
Courts shall receive 
an up-to-date list of Illinois driver's
license, Illinois 
Identification Card, and Illinois Disabled Person

Identification Card holders from the Secretary of State as 
provided in
Section 1a of the Jury Act. In compiling the jury 
list,
duplication of names shall be avoided to the extent 
practicable.

    Whenever the name of a registered voter or an Illinois 
driver's license,
Illinois Identification Card, or Illinois 
Disabled Person
Identification Card holder, or a claimant for 
unemployment insurance appearing upon this jury list is 
transferred to
the active jury list in the manner prescribed by 
Section 8 of this Act, the
following additional
information 
shall be recorded after the name of the voter: the age
of the 
voter, his or her occupation, if any, whether or not he or she 
is a
resident residing with his or her family and whether or 
not he or she is an
owner or life tenant of real estate in the 
county.

(Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98.)

 



    (705 ILCS 310/2a)  (from Ch. 78, par. 25a)



    Sec. 2a. 
The combination of the lists of registered voters,

driver's license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois 
Disabled Person
Identification Card holders, and claimants for 
unemployment insurance and the preparation of jury lists under 
this Act
shall, when requested by the Chief Judge or his 
designee, be accomplished
through the services of the 
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.

(Source: P.A. 88-27.)