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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2400
Introduced 2/16/2005, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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705 ILCS 305/10.2 |
from Ch. 78, par. 10.2 |
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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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A BILL FOR
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HB2400 |
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LRB094 09403 LCB 39650 b |
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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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