Bill Text: IA HF108 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-two years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-30 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF108 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF108-Introduced.html
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BY
BRECKENRIDGE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
excuse
from
jury
service
for
persons
at
1
least
seventy-two
years
of
age.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
Section
607A.5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
607A.5
Automatic
excuse
from
jury
service.
3
1.
A
person
shall
be
excused
from
jury
service
if
the
4
person
submits
written
documentation
verifying,
to
the
court’s
5
satisfaction,
that
the
person
is
solely
responsible
for
the
6
daily
care
of
a
person
with
a
permanent
disability
living
7
in
the
person’s
household
and
that
the
performance
of
juror
8
service
would
cause
substantial
risk
of
injury
to
the
health
of
9
the
person
with
a
disability,
or
that
the
person
is
the
mother
10
of
a
breastfed
child
and
is
responsible
for
the
daily
care
of
11
the
child.
However,
if
the
person
is
regularly
employed
at
a
12
location
other
than
the
person’s
household,
the
person
shall
13
not
be
excused
under
this
section
subsection
.
14
2.
A
person
shall
be
excused
from
jury
service
if
the
person
15
is
at
least
seventy-two
years
of
age
and
notifies
the
court
16
that
the
person
is
at
least
seventy-two
years
of
age
and
wishes
17
to
be
exempted
from
jury
service.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
automatic
excuses
from
jury
service.
22
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
shall
be
excused
from
jury
23
service
if
the
person
is
at
least
72
years
of
age
and
notifies
24
the
court
that
the
person
is
at
least
72
years
of
age
and
wishes
25
to
be
exempted
from
jury
service.
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