Bill Text: MI HB4691 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Courts; juries; exemption for nursing mothers from jury duty; provide for under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 1307a of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1307a).

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-11)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-29 - Assigned Pa 69'12 With Immediate Effect [HB4691 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4691-Engrossed.html

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HB-4691, As Passed Senate, March 15, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4691

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 1307a (MCL 600.1307a), as amended by 2004 PA

 

12.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1307a. (1) To qualify as a juror, a person shall meet all

 

of the following criteria:

 

     (a) Be a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or

 

older, and a resident in the county for which the person is

 

selected, and in the case of a district court in districts of the

 

second and third class, be a resident of the district.

 

     (b) Be able to communicate in the English language.

 

     (c) Be physically and mentally able to carry out the functions

 

of a juror. Temporary inability shall not be considered a

 

disqualification.

 

     (d) Not have served as a petit or grand juror in a court of

 

record during the preceding 12 months.

 

     (e) Not have been convicted of a felony.

 

     (2) A person more than 70 years of age may claim exemption

 

from jury service and shall be exempt upon making the request.

 

     (3) A nursing mother may claim exemption from jury service for

 

the period during which she is nursing her child and shall be

 

exempt upon making the request if she provides a letter from a

 

physician, a lactation consultant, or a certified nurse midwife

 

verifying that she is a nursing mother.

 

     (4) (3) For the purposes of this section and sections 1371 to

 

1376, a person has served as a juror if that person has been paid

 

for jury service.

 

     (5) (4) For purposes of this section: , "felony"

 

     (a) "Certified nurse midwife" means an individual licensed as

 

a registered professional nurse under article 15 of the public

 

health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838, who has been

 

issued a specialty certification in the practice of nurse midwifery

 

by the board of nursing under section 17210 of the public health

 

code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17210.

 

     (b) "Felony" means a violation of a penal law of this state,

 

another state, or the United States for which the offender, upon

 

conviction, may be punished by death or by imprisonment for more

 

than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a

 

felony.

 

     (c) "Lactation consultant" means a lactation consultant

 

certified by the international board of lactation consultant

 

examiners.

 

     (d) "Physician" means an individual licensed by the state to

 

engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and

 

surgery under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,

 

MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect May 1,

 

2012.