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MO SB695
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/6/2010
Primary Sponsor
Robin Wright-Jones
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AI Summary
- Repeals and replaces section 494.430, RSMo, regarding grounds for excusing persons from jury duty
- Adds elected officials as a new category of persons who shall be excused from jury service during their term of office
- Requires judges to make determinations about undue or extreme physical or financial hardship, with authority delegable only to court officials authorized to function as judiciary members
- Defines undue or extreme hardship as limited to: abandoning dependents without substitute care, incurring costs substantially impacting necessary living expenses, or suffering physical hardship resulting in illness or disease
- Clarifies that hardship due solely to absence from employment does not qualify as undue or extreme hardship, and requires applicants to provide supporting documentation such as tax returns or medical statements
Legislative Description
Allows elected officials to be excused from jury duty during their term of office
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
1/19/2010
Committee Referrals
Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence1/19/2010
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