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90_SB0303

      705 ILCS 310/9.2          from Ch. 78, par. 32.2
          Amends the  Jury  Commission  Act.   Requires  jurors  in
      counties  over  1,000,000  inhabitants  to be assigned to the
      courthouse nearest their residence addresses.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Jury  Commission  Act  by  changing
 2    Section 9.2.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Jury  Commission  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 9.2 as follows:
 7        (705 ILCS 310/9.2) (from Ch. 78, par. 32.2)
 8        Sec. 9.2.  In single county circuits containing or  which
 9    may   hereafter  contain  more  than  1,000,000  one  million
10    inhabitants, jurors may be  drawn  from  such  parts  of  the
11    county  and  assigned  to jury service at courthouses nearest
12    their residence addresses as determined by court rule  to  be
13    most  favorable  to  an  impartial  trial  and  not  to incur
14    unnecessary expense or unduly burden the citizens of any part
15    of the county  with  jury  service.  Such  rule  may  utilize
16    established divisions within the county.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-266.)

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