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91_HB0384
LRB9100602WHpr
1 AN ACT to amend the Jury Act by changing Section 10.2.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Jury Act is amended by changing Section
5 10.2 as follows:
6 (705 ILCS 305/10.2) (from Ch. 78, par. 10.2)
7 Sec. 10.2. The county boards of the respective counties,
8 the jury commissioners for those counties which have been
9 appointed pursuant to "An Act in relation to jury
10 commissioners and authorizing judges to appoint such
11 commissioners and to make rules concerning their powers and
12 duties", approved June 15, 1887, as amended, or a jury
13 administrator shall have the authority to submit
14 questionnaires to prospective jurors to inquire as to their
15 qualifications for jury service and as to the hardship that
16 jury service would pose to the prospective jurors. Upon
17 prior approval by the chief judge of the judicial circuits in
18 which a county board, jury administrator, or jury
19 commissioners are situated, the county board, jury
20 administrator, or jury commissioners shall excuse a
21 prospective juror from jury service if the prospective juror
22 shows that such service would impose an undue hardship on
23 account of the nature of the prospective juror's occupation,
24 business affairs, physical health, family situation, active
25 duty in the Illinois National Guard or Illinois Naval
26 Militia, or other personal affairs, and cause his or her name
27 to be returned to the jury list or general jury list. For
28 purposes of this Section, jury service shall be deemed to
29 impose an undue hardship on any person who is not employed
30 outside the home and is the sole care provider of a child who
31 is 4 years of age or younger.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98.)