Report Title:
Jury Duty; Exemptions
Description:
Repeals the jury service exemptions for categories, except for jurors who served within the last year. Adds jury service exemptions for persons who live more than 70 miles from the court for jury service, and persons who are 70 or older.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
386 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 612-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§612-6 Exempt when. [(a) No person shall be authorized to claim an exemption from service as a juror in the courts of the first circuit from January 1, 1989, through December 31, 1990, and in the courts of all circuits, other than the first circuit from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1991.
(b) From January 1, 1991, for the courts of the first circuit, and from January 1, 1992, for all other circuits of the State, a] A person may claim exemption from service as a juror if the person [is]:
[(1) An attorney at law;
(2) A head of an executive department, an elected official, or a judge, of the United States, State or county;
(3) A minister or priest following the minister's or priest's profession;
(4) A practicing physician or dentist;
(5) A member of the armed forces or militia when on active service, or an active member of a police or fire department;
(6) A person who has] (1) Has served as a juror, either in a court of this State or the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, within one year preceding the time of filling out the juror qualification form[.];
(2) Lives more than seventy miles from the court for which jury service is required; or
(3) Is seventy years of age or older."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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