Bill Text: IL SB2563 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Provides that any active, retired, or honorably discharged member of the United States Armed Forces, Illinois National Guard, or Illinois Naval Militia shall, upon request, be excused from jury service. Provides that upon request, the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall permanently exclude the prospective juror from all current and subsequent jury lists or general jury lists. Provides that the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall create and maintain a list of persons who are permanently excluded from any jury list or general jury list. Provides that the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall notify a person if he or she is permanently excluded from all current and subsequent jury lists or general jury lists. Makes a corresponding change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-31 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2563 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2563-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2563 Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 305/10.2 from Ch. 78, par. 10.2
705 ILCS 305/10.5 new
705 ILCS 310/10.6 new
Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Provides that any active, retired, or honorably discharged member of the United States Armed Forces, Illinois National Guard, or Illinois Naval Militia shall, upon request, be excused from jury service. Provides that upon request, the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall permanently exclude the prospective juror from all current and subsequent jury lists or general jury lists. Provides that the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall create and maintain a list of persons who are permanently excluded from any jury list or general jury list. Provides that the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall notify a person if he or she is permanently excluded from all current and subsequent jury lists or general jury lists. Makes a corresponding change.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Section 10.2
and by adding Section 10.5 as follows:
(705 ILCS 305/10.2) (from Ch. 78, par. 10.2)
Sec. 10.2. Excusing prospective jurors; hardship.
(a) The county boards of the respective counties, the jury
commissioners for those counties which have been appointed
under the Jury Commission Act, or a jury administrator shall
submit questionnaires to prospective jurors to inquire as to
their qualifications for jury service and as to the hardship
that jury service would pose to the prospective jurors. Upon
prior approval by the chief judge of the judicial circuits in
which a county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners
are situated, the county board, jury administrator, or jury
commissioners shall excuse a prospective juror from jury
service if the prospective juror shows that such service would
impose an undue hardship on account of the nature of the
prospective juror's occupation, business affairs, physical
health, family situation, active duty in the Illinois National
Guard or Illinois Naval Militia, or other personal affairs, and
cause his or her name to be returned to the jury list or

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general jury list.
(b) When an undue hardship caused by a family situation is
due to the prospective juror being the primary care giver of a
person with a mental or physical disability, a person with a
medically diagnosed behavior problem, or a child under age 12,
then the county board, jury commissioners or jury administrator
shall excuse such a prospective juror, if it finds that no
reasonable alternative care is feasible which would not impose
an undue hardship on the prospective juror or the person for
whom the prospective juror is providing care, or both.
(Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98; 91-264, eff. 7-23-99.)
(705 ILCS 305/10.5 new)
Sec. 10.5. Servicemembers. Any active, retired, or
honorably discharged member of the United States Armed Forces,
Illinois National Guard, or Illinois Naval Militia shall, upon
request, be excused from jury service. Upon request, the county
board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall
permanently exclude the prospective juror from all current and
subsequent jury lists or general jury lists. The county board,
jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall create and
maintain a list of persons who are permanently excluded from
any jury list or general jury list under this Section. The
county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall
notify a person if he or she is permanently excluded from all
current and subsequent jury lists or general jury lists.

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Section 10. The Jury Commission Act is amended by adding
Section 10.6 as follows:
(705 ILCS 310/10.6 new)
Sec. 10.6. Servicemembers. Any active, retired, or
honorably discharged member of the United States Armed Forces,
Illinois National Guard, or Illinois Naval Militia shall, upon
request, be excused from jury service. Upon request, the jury
administrator or jury commissioners shall permanently exclude
the prospective juror from all current and subsequent jury
lists or general jury lists. The jury administrator or jury
commissioners shall create and maintain a list of persons who
are permanently excluded from any jury list or general jury
list under this Section. The jury administrator or jury
commissioners shall notify a person if he or she is permanently
excluded from all current and subsequent jury lists or general
jury lists.