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Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
Filed: 3/28/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 889
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 889 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Jury Act is amended by changing Section 2 |
| 5 | | as follows:
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| 6 | | (705 ILCS 305/2) (from Ch. 78, par. 2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. Jury qualifications. |
| 8 | | (a) At the September meeting of the county board in each |
| 9 | | year in the
respective counties in this State, except those |
| 10 | | that have
jury
commissioners, the board shall select from the
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| 11 | | list
the number of persons
as the judges of the circuit courts, |
| 12 | | to be held in the county
during the
succeeding year, may by |
| 13 | | joint action determine to serve as petit jurors. In
counties |
| 14 | | having jury commissioners, the persons to serve as petit jurors
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| 15 | | shall be selected by the jury commissioners, as provided by |
| 16 | | law. County
boards, a jury administrator,
and jury
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| 1 | | commissioners may utilize
the services of the
Administrative |
| 2 | | Office of the Illinois Courts in making these selections.
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| 3 | | Jurors in all counties in Illinois must have the legal |
| 4 | | qualifications
herein prescribed. Jurors must be:
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| 5 | | (1) Inhabitants of the county.
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| 6 | | (2) Of the age of 18 years or upwards.
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| 7 | | (3) Free from all legal exception, of fair character, |
| 8 | | of
approved
integrity, of sound judgment, well informed, |
| 9 | | and able to understand
the English language, whether in |
| 10 | | spoken or written form or interpreted into
sign language.
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| 11 | | (4) Citizens of the United States of America.
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| 12 | | (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, |
| 13 | | no person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be |
| 14 | | excluded from jury service in any court of this State on the |
| 15 | | basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or |
| 16 | | economic status. As used in this subsection, "religion", "sex", |
| 17 | | and "national origin" have the meanings provided in Section |
| 18 | | 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98.)".
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