Bill Text: MI SB0076 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts: other; certain crime victims; exempt from jury duty and provide that certain individuals are not practicing law in violation of the revised judicature act. Amends secs. 916 & 1307a of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.916 & 600.1307a).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2020-12-30 - Assigned Pa 0307'20 With Immediate Effect [SB0076 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0076-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 76
January 29, 2019, Introduced by Senators LASATA, JOHNSON, HOLLIER, IRWIN, CHANG,
WOJNO, THEIS, POLEHANKI, MCMORROW, MOSS, BAYER, BARRETT and DALEY and referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending sections 916 and 1307a (MCL 600.916 and 600.1307a),
section 916 as amended by 2000 PA 112 and section 1307a as amended
by 2012 PA 69.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 916. (1) A person shall not practice law or engage in the
law business, shall not in any manner whatsoever lead others to
believe that he or she is authorized to practice law or to engage
in the law business, and shall not in any manner whatsoever
represent or designate himself or herself as an attorney and
counselor, attorney at law, or lawyer, unless the person is
regularly licensed and authorized to practice law in this state. A
person who violates this section is guilty of contempt of the
supreme court and of the circuit court of the county in which the
violation occurred, and upon conviction is punishable as provided
by law. This section does not apply to a person who is duly
licensed and authorized to practice law in another state while
temporarily in this state and engaged in a particular matter.
(2) A domestic violence victim advocate's assistance that is
provided in accordance with section 2950c does not violate this
section.
(3) An application assistant's or victim advocate's assistance
that is provided in accordance with the address confidentiality
program act does not violate this section.
Sec.
1307a. (1) To qualify as a juror, a person shall must
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 must 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 must
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 must 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) An individual who is a participant in the address
confidentiality program created under the address confidentiality
program act may claim exemption from jury service for the period
during which he or she is a program participant. To obtain an
exemption under this subsection, the individual shall provide his
or her participation card issued by the department of attorney
general upon his or her certification as a program participant to
the court providing evidence that he or she is a current
participant in the address confidentiality program.
(5) (4)
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.
(6) (5)
For purposes of this section:
(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.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 180 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 70
of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.
