94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2400


 
Introduced 2/16/2005, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














705 ILCS 305/10.2
  from Ch. 78, par. 10.2







    Amends the Jury Act. Adds an economic hardship to the list of reasons why a juror may be excused from jury service.
















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    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Jury Act is amended  by changing Section 10.2 
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as follows:
 



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    (705 ILCS 305/10.2)  (from Ch. 78, par. 10.2)



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    Sec. 10.2. Excusing prospective jurors; hardship. 

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    (a) The county boards of the respective counties, the jury

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commissioners for those counties which have been appointed 
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under the Jury
Commission Act,
or a jury administrator
shall 
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submit
questionnaires to prospective jurors to inquire as to 
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their qualifications
for jury service and as to the hardship 
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that jury service would pose to the
prospective jurors.  Upon 
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prior approval by the chief judge of the judicial
circuits in 
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which a county board, jury administrator,
or jury commissioners 
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are situated, the
county board, jury administrator,
or jury 
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commissioners shall excuse a prospective juror from jury

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service if the prospective juror shows that such
service would 
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impose an economic hardship or an undue hardship
on account of 
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the nature of the prospective juror's occupation, business

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affairs, physical health, family situation, active duty in the 
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Illinois
National Guard or Illinois Naval Militia, or other 
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personal affairs, and
cause his or her name to be returned to 
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the jury list or general jury list.

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    (b) When an undue hardship caused by a family situation is 
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due to the
prospective juror being the primary care giver of a 
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person with a mental or
physical disability, a person with a 
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medically diagnosed behavior problem, or a
child under age 12, 
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then the county board, jury commissioners or jury
administrator 
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shall excuse such a prospective juror, if it finds that no

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reasonable alternative care is feasible which would not impose 
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an undue
hardship on the prospective juror or the person for 
 


 






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whom the prospective juror
is providing care, or both.

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(Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98; 91-264, eff. 7-23-99.)